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1876 T. 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.

1952 Musical Q. 38 128 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.

1957 Encycl. 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.

1965 L. T. Culling Incredible I Ching 8 There was no language attached to the I Ching of Fu Hsi—only eight figures, or Trigrams.

1968 Listener 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.

1970 G. Feng & J. 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.

1971 R. 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.

1972 Last Whole Earth Catal. (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.

1973 Listener 15 Feb. 209/1 Margaret is ‘into’ astrology, and consults the I-Ching each morning.