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Book of Changes

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Book of Changes or I Ching , ancient Chinese book of prophecy and wisdom. The oldest parts of its text are thought to have attained their present form in the century before Confucius. Its images and concepts were taken partly from oracles and partly from the mythology, history, and poetry of earlier ages. The I Ching consists of eight trigrams, corresponding to the powers of nature, which according to legend were copied by an emperor from the back of a river creature. The trigrams are used to interpret the future with the textual help of supplementary definitions, intuitions, and Confucian... Read more
Book of Changes
Book of Changes (I Ching) Ancient Chinese book of wisdom. Although the oldest parts of the text are thought to pre-date Confucius , he is credited with the commentaries that form a part of the collection. Read more
Book of Changes
Book of Changes: see I-CHING . Read more

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