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- noun A Chinese book of ancient origin consisting of 64 interrelated hexagrams along with commentaries attributed to Confucius. The hexagrams, originally used for divination, embody Taoist philosophy by describing all nature and human endeavor in terms of the interaction of yin and yang.
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- proper noun A
Chinese classic text describing anancient system ofcosmology andphilosophy which is at the heart of traditional Chinesecultural beliefs .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Mandarin Yì Jīng, Book of Changes, from Middle Chinese jiajk kjiajŋ : jiajk, change + kjiajŋ, warp (of a loom), to pass through, classic (text), book.]
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From Chinese 易經 (simplified: 易经), Yì Jīng
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