Children's Introduction to Chinese Culture -- I Ching (Volume 1 and 2) with Disc

Author: Beijing Siha Children's Classic Reading Education Center
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The I Ching is the foremost of the Five Classics and the root of the Hundred Schools of Thought. "Yi" signifies transformation, exchange, simplicity, and unchangeability. Despite endless changes, there is an unchanging essence. The great transformation of the universe follows certain principles. This unchanging essence and the principles of change are what the I Ching seeks to convey. One interpretation is that Fu Xi created the Eight Trigrams, the Duke of Wen added the sixty-four hexagrams and their associated texts, the Duke of Zhou composed the line texts, and Confucius wrote the Ten Wings—these combined form the I Ching. The profound influence of the I Ching is evident. Ultimately, it teaches people to think more flexibly and avoid rigidity. There is no hexagram in it that can be rigidly calculated or used for superstition; doing so is pointless. One must cultivate sincerity, align with the way of the universe, and follow its transformations.