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- The I Ching was originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou period (1000–750 BC).
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The I Ching or Yijing (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 16, 2007 · The I Ching is the oldest of all the classical divination systems. It is also one of the oldest books in the world. Its first interpretive text was composed around 1000 B.C. The I Ching’s actual discovery and much of its early history are the stuff of legends.
The first complete translation of the I Ching was to Latin in the 1730s by the Jesuit missionary Jean-Baptiste Régis. He lived in China for 40 years until his death in 1738. In the 18th century, Latin was still well known among intellectuals, so the book could be read by plenty — depending on how many copies were made of it.
Feb 25, 2016 · After twenty interrupted years of work—the manuscript was lost in a shipwreck in the Red Sea—Legge produced the first somewhat reliable English translation of the I Ching in 1882, and the one that first applied the English word for a six-pointed star, “hexagram,” to the Chinese block of lines.
Mar 25, 2012 · The I Ching originated in China as a divination manual more than three thousand years ago. In 136 BCE the emperor declared it a Confucian classic, and in the centuries that followed, this work had a profound influence on the philosophy, religion, art, literature, politics, science, technology, and medicine of various cultures throughout East Asia.
James Legge (1815-97) was a Scottish missionary who lived for many years in China and prepared translations of the major Chinese classics, including one of the earliest English translations of the I Ching, first published in 1882.
