an ancient Chinese book that is a source of Confucian and Taoist philosophy. It is mainly used for divination by means of 64 hexagrams (symbolic six-line figures; see hexagram) that are believed to provide information that can be interpreted to give advice and answer questions relevant to everyday life and future events
[Chinese (Pekingese) I Ching, also written Yi Jing literally ‘classic (book) of changes’]