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The I Ching or Yi Jing ( Chinese: 易經, Mandarin: [î tɕíŋ] ⓘ ), usually translated Book of Changes or Classic of Changes, is an ancient Chinese divination text that is among the oldest of the Chinese classics. The I Ching was originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou period (1000–750 BC).
Mar 23, 2019 · According to the traditional Chinese view, the I Ching was written by the mythical sage king Fu Xi, who is believed to have lived during the first half of the 3 rd millennium BC. Legend has it that the eight trigrams were supernaturally revealed to Fu Xi.
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May 21, 2024 · Yijing. ancient Chinese text. Also known as: “Classic of Changes”, “I Ching”, “I”, “I-Ching”, “Yi-Ching”, “Zhou Yi” Written and fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Mar 29, 2019 · Allegedly composed by King Wen 文王 and the Duke of Zhou 周公 in the 11th century BCE, these written statements invoked concrete historical events—such as the downfall of the Shang dynasty and the rise of the Zhou dynasty—to elucidate the constancy of change in human society.
Mar 21, 2014 · To "read" the I-Ching, a person uses either coin tosses or yarrow stalks to generate a hexagram. Each hexagram is accompanied by an explanatory text – in fact, three texts written in different ...
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by Richard Wilhelm. Rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes. HTML Edition by Dan Baruth. The Book of Changes -- I Ching in Chinese -- is unquestionably one of the most important books in the world's literature.
The Yi Jing ("Book of Changes" or "Classic of Changes" (often spelled I Ching) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts, and is notable for describing an ancient system of cosmology, philosophy and divination that is at the heart of many Chinese cultural beliefs.
