I Ching

English Alternative forms en Yi Jing Etymology From en cmn-wadegiles - romanization of en cmn - 易經 I⁴-ching¹. Pronunciation en /ˌiː ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ ē′ jĭng′ Proper noun 1 A Chinese classic text describing an ancient system of cosmology and philosophy which is at the heart of traditional Chinese cultural beliefs. en 1995 w:Carl Sagan The Most Precious Thing The Demon-Haunted World The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark https://archive.org/details/demonhauntedworl0000unse/ 1st New York w:Random House 0-394-53512-X 95-34076 676826053 17 https://archive.org/details/demonhauntedworl0000unse/page/17/ A somewhat analogous situation exists in China. After the death of Mao Zedong and the gradual emergence of a market economy, UFOs, channeling and other examples of Western pseudoscience emerged, along with such ancient Chinese practices as ancestor worship, astrology and fortune telling—especially that version that involves throwing yarrow sticks and working through the hoary hexagrams of the I Ching. The government newspaper lamented that “the superstition of feudal ideology is reviving in our countryside.” It was (and remains) a rural, not primarily an urban, affliction. en July 11, 2009 John Schwartz There’s No Future in Being an Oracle w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20221126005702/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/business/mutfund/12essay.html 0362-4331 1645522 In search of inspiration, I picked up the I Ching, the ancient Chinese “Book of Changes” that has been consulted for centuries. I’ve held on to a dusty Bollingen Series text since my college days. To consult the oracle, you cast yarrow straws or, in a pinch, coins, and match the results with one of 64 hexagrams. Then you read and interpret the text that accompanies the hexagram. Got that?Sitting at the dinner table with the I Ching and some pennies, I formed a question in my mind: “Is it time to begin investing again?” Derived terms en chingon Translations Chinese classic text Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 易經 Yìjīng, cmn 周易 Zhōuyì Estonian: et Muutuste raamat Finnish: fi Yijing French: fr Yi-King Japanese: ja 易経 えききょう, Ekikyō Korean: ko ^역경(易經) Portuguese: pt I Ching m Russian: ru И цзин m f, ru Кни́га Переме́н f, ru Кано́н Переме́н m Vietnamese: vi Kinh Dịch (vi 經易) See also en divination en hexagram en Taixuanjing en Lingqijing en yang en yin I Ching hexagrams ䷀, ䷁, ䷂, ䷃, ䷄, ䷅, ䷆, ䷇, ䷈, ䷉, ䷊, ䷋, ䷌, ䷍, ䷎, ䷏, ䷐, ䷑, ䷒, ䷓, ䷔, ䷕, ䷖, ䷗, ䷘, ䷙, ䷚, ䷛, ䷜, ䷝, ䷞, ䷟, ䷠, ䷡, ䷢, ䷣, ䷤, ䷥, ䷦, ䷧, ䷨, ䷩, ䷪, ䷫, ䷬, ䷭, ䷮, ䷯, ䷰, ䷱, ䷲, ䷳, ䷴, ䷵, ䷶, ䷷, ䷸, ䷹, ䷺, ䷻, ䷼, ䷽, ䷾, ䷿ en Books Divination