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How long does it take to read I Ching?

or, Book of Changes

Richard Wilhelm, Cary F. Baynes, C. G. Jung

I Ching by Richard Wilhelm, Cary F. Baynes, C. G. Jung takes about 13 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 13 hours 34 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1950. 740 pages, about 203,500 words.

28 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 22 hours 37 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 13 hours 34 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 8 hours 29 minutes

The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A translation of the early document of Chinese philosophy with explanatory notes.

Subjects: Yijing <Werk>, I Ching, Yi jing, Chinese Philosophy, Religion, Confucianism

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