The Book of Changes

周易

The Book of Changes contains sixty-four hexagrams, each representing a particular quality of time, action or attitude, which is clarified in the text supplementary¹ to it. When someone consults The Book of Changes a question, like the change of natural phenomena², one's gain and loss, good or ill luck etc.，the answer is given by one of the hexagrams, which captures the precise substance of what is involved.

易经包含六十四卦，分别代表不同的时间，动作和姿态，有明确的文字补充。当有人咨询易经一个问题时，像自然现象，一个人的得失，吉凶等的变，答案会由一个卦给出，它会精确地告诉你你想知道的事。