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Since ancient times, the Book of Changes has inspired people to contemplate life and cosmology and it has given rise to a multitude of philosophical ideas, not only in ancient China but throughout Chinese history including our time. The Book of Changes has not only been a famous and respected book for more than 2500 years, it has also been a challenging enigma ever since the first accounts of it.

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However, there can be no doubt that the Zhou Yi was originally a divination manual and I find it obvious that 易 refers to the system of changing numbers which decides the combination of lines of text in the written divination answers. Although yi 易 occurs twice in the book itself there is nothing in the text directly indicating what exactly 易 in the title refers to. 周易 Zhou Yi means “The Book of Changes from the Zhou Dynasty”.1 The Zhou Yi consists of 64 verses with seven lines in each verse, except the two first which have eight lines. In order to avoid confusion between the core text and the complete classic with commentaries from later periods I refer to the original core text as 周易 which is transcribed “Zhou Yi” or “Chou I” and is pronounced “djow-ee”. The present work is concerned solely with the core text of the Book of Changes. This is of course confusing to readers who wish to come to understand this famous and truly wonderful book.

Furthermore, the existing translations include different content. However, the translations are all very different. There have been many attempts at translating the Book of Changes. The Chinese title 易經 is transcribed in several different ways, although it is usually written either “Yi Jing” or “I Ching”. He Book of Changes is famous in both China and the West as a classic of Chinese wisdom and as a divination manual. INFO I Ching - The Original Core of the Book of Changes Lars Bo Christensen - January 2015 ISBN 978-87-99 Additional sources and video clips can be found at:

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CONTENTS Info Preface Versions of the Zhou Yi Translations and commentaries Dating and authorship of the Zhou Yi Structure and context of the Zhou Yi The difficulties of understanding the Zhou Yi Trigrams and hexagrams Divinations recorded in the Zuo Zhuan and Guo Yu The yarrow sticks method The script Introduction to the translation 元亨貞 Yuan, Heng and Zhen Translation of the Zhou Yi With comments and glossary Appendix I - Frequently occurring characters Appendix II - Trigrams and hexagrams Appendix III - Chinese text Works cited Translation of the Zhou Yi with translator’s interpretations Table of hexagram numbers How to use the yarrow sticks and coins

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