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Yijingor I Ching(Chinese; “Book of Changes”) Ancient Chinese text, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism. The main body of the work, traditionally attributed to Wenwang, contains a discussion of the divinatory system used by wizards in the Zhou dynasty. A supplementary section of “commentaries,” believed to date from the Warring States period (475–221 BC), is a philosophical exposition that attempts to explain the world and its ethical principles. The book's cosmology, which involves humans and nature in a single system, has made it universally popular. I Ching an ancient Chinese book of divination and a source of Confucian and Taoist philosophy. Answers to questions and advice may be obtained by referring to the text accompanying one of 64 hexagrams, selected at random http://www.zhouyi.com/ I Ching a book of divination and speculations. [Chinese Lit.: I Ching] See : Prophecy |
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Many methods of predicting the future, from tarot to runes and the I Ching, can be traced to ancient cultures, and in Oracles Of The Dead: Ancient Techniques For Predicting The Future, Robert Temple surveys the Greek and Roman traditions and techniques which have carried these methods to modern times. Chapter 3 provides a good introduction to I ching-based divination, explaining in some detail how a hexagram was formed and manipulated and giving some interesting examples of I ching divination in the Ch'ing court. I Ching The Book of Changes and The Unchanging Truth |
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