I Ching

American  

[ee jing] / ˈi ˈdʒɪŋ /

(Pinyin) Yi Jing

noun

1. an ancient Chinese book of divination, in which 64 pairs of trigrams are shown with various interpretations.

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I Ching British  

/ ˈiː ˈtʃɪŋ /

noun

1. Also called: Book of Changes.  an ancient Chinese book of divination and a source of Confucian and Taoist philosophy. Answers to questions and advice may be obtained by referring to the text accompanying one of 64 hexagrams, selected at random

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Etymology

Origin of I Ching

First recorded in 1875–80; from Chinese Yì jīng

Example Sentences

And so we have handbooks on “how to connect with your animal spirit guide” alongside manuals for using kabbalah to “make your dreams come true” and I Ching for “business strategizing.”

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2021

In handsome artist books, Irene Chan reinterprets diversions as complex as the I Ching and as simple as bingo.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021

Cage’s I Ching methodology was graceful and complex, and McLuhan’s Distant Early Warning cards bordered on plain goofy—almost like fortune-cookie fortunes from some bizarro media-studies universe.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2018

There was a man from the I Ching Research Society asking how they should treat the new texts on divination.

From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2016

They’re often attracted to New Age beliefs such as Tarot cards, the I Ching, astrology and biorhythms, since these provide them with personally customized pronouncements.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos