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I Ching|iː ˈtʃɪŋ|
[Chin., lit. = Book of Changes.]
The name of an ancient Chinese divination manual, based on symbols known as the eight trigrams and sixty-four hexagrams.
1876T. McClatchie tr. Classic of Change p. v, The mere translating of the Yih King is not without difficulties; but to decipher the system taught therein, is impossible without some knowledge of other pagan systems. 1952Musical Q. XXXVIII. 128 Cage has often used the I-Ching, an old Chinese method of throwing coins or marked sticks for chance numbers, like our use of dice. 1957Encycl. Brit. V. 519/2 Wên Wang..is said to have produced the I Ching, or Canon of Changes, a volume based upon the trigrams and later viewed with great veneration and incorporated into the Confucian canon. 1965L. T. Culling Incredible I Ching 8 There was no language attached to the I Ching of Fu Hsi—only eight figures, or Trigrams. 1968Listener 19 Sept. 377/1 By means of chance operations—the use of the I-Ching, filling in imperfections in the manuscript paper, tossing coins—the parameters of pitch (and therefore form) were removed from the domains of the composer's will and taste. 1970Feng & Kirk Tai-Chi 7/2 Although it was an ancient document when Confucius first encountered it, I Ching is traditionally awarded the status of a ‘Confucian’ classic. 1971R. van Over I Ching i. ii, The text of the I Ching was an early valuable reference for ministers and leaders in ancient China as well as the average citizen. 1972Last Whole Earth Catalog (Portola Inst.) 433/3 And then, way back under the bed, face down on the floor, opened at the hexagram called Youthful Folly, D.R. found their I Ching. 1973Listener 15 Feb. 209/1 Margaret is ‘into’ astrology, and consults the I-Ching each morning. |