He knew that wisdom comes from observing nature and he noted the eight symbols on the back of the turtle. He is said to have watched a turtle emerge from the Yellow River. One of the myths of the origins of the I Ching involve the first emeperor of China Fu His. Its ancient and early history is legendary. It is one of the oldest books in the world. In addition to this, the I Ching is the most ancient of all divination tools. These trigrams help establish the points in Feng Shui, the ancient art of placement. They can be divided in half to get trigrams that are representative of the fundamental elements sky, earth, thunder, water, wind and fire. The hexagrams can be analyzed in different ways. The descriptions of the energy of humanity can be interpreted by the sixty- four hexagrams. Yin/Yang, represents the duality of the universe and creates the dynamic tension who shapes all of the changes in the worldĮxamples of yin/yang are female and male, the heavens and the earth, dark and light. The I Ching, called the Book of Changes in English is the representation sixty-four archetypes in six line combinations of yin and yang. ![]() ![]() The Chou I eventually evolved into the I Ching. There was social and spiritual turmoil at this time and it is said that a total solar eclipse on June 20th, 1070 BC gave the Chou king Wu the perfect opportunity to invade. The oracle of the Chou people, the Chou I came to be when the Chou were trying to overthrow the Shang dynasty.
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