Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1876, from Chinese, said to mean "Book of Changes."
Wikipedia
I Ching or Yijing is a Chinese classic text.
It may also refer to:
- I Ching (monk), a Tang Dynasty Buddhist monk
- I Ching (comics), fictional, blind martial artist published by DC Comics
I Ching (often spelled I-Ching) is a fictional, blind martial artist published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Wonder Woman vol. 1 #179 (November 1968), and was created by Denny O'Neil and Mike Sekowsky.
The I Ching (, or Classic of Changes, is an ancient divination text and the oldest of the Chinese classics. Possessing a history of more than two and a half millennia of commentary and interpretation, the I Ching is an influential text read throughout the world, providing inspiration to the worlds of religion, psychoanalysis, business, literature, and art. Originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou period (1000750), over the course of the Warring States period and early imperial period (500200) it was transformed into a cosmological text with a series of philosophical commentaries known as the " Ten Wings." After becoming part of the Five Classics in the 2nd century BC, the I Ching was the subject of scholarly commentary and the basis for divination practice for centuries across the Far East, and eventually took on an influential role in Western understanding of Eastern thought.
The I Ching uses a type of divination called cleromancy, which produces apparently random numbers. Four numbers, 6 to 9, are turned into a hexagram, which can then be looked up in the I Ching book, arranged in an order known as the King Wen sequence. The interpretation of the readings found in the I Ching is a matter of centuries of debate, and many commentators have used the book symbolically, often to provide guidance for moral decision making as informed by Taoism and Confucianism. The hexagrams themselves have often acquired cosmological significance and paralleled with many other traditional names for the processes of change such as yin and yang and Wu Xing.
I Ching are a four-piece band from London, formed in 2010. The band consists of members Kevin Emre, Rollo Smallcombe, Andrew Ford and Triple J Jones.
I Ching's music has been described has having an 80's sound, although the band often site their influences as more psychedelic and electronic based. They're music has had been heavily praised by Lauren Laverne and been describes as the changing sound of electro indie.
They released their first single 'It's Me' on Best Fit Recordings on April 23rd 2012.
Usage examples of "i ching".
Remember the directive of the I Ching: The superior man discriminates between high and low.
In any case, the die was cast: the pieces were made, the shop set up - whatever the I Ching might blab out at this point.
In any case, the die was cast: the pieces were made, the shop set up -- whatever the I Ching might blab out at this point.
These early writings are lost, but the Book of Change (I Ching), alleged to have been composed by the founders of the Chou dynasty themselves, is also considered an ancestral Taoist text.
By means of the I Ching the total configuration of the koinos kosmos can be scrutinized -- which is why King Wen, in prison in 1100 B.
Since he'd made the decision to use himself to snare the bothersome burgler, Max had avoided the I Ching, almost afraid to know what The Book might think of his idea.
Then he set about laying out his morning's acquisitions on the table in front of him - the newspaper, the electronic I Ching calculator and the envelope which he had retrieved from behind the gold disc on Geoffrey Anstey's bathroom wall.
The other thing you must do is address yourself to the divining spirit of the I Ching, bearing in mind that the same spirit simultaneously resides within you.