I Ching
Methods Used
Parallelism, meaning opaqueness, ambiguity, ancestral model, archaisms
I Ching Materials
Raw stalks or coins.
I Ching Instructions [for coins]
Toss 3 coins (usually) with a question in mind. The sum total of each toss determines the kind of line (light/dark). Heads = 3 Tails = 2 Hexagram is built from the bottom up.
I Ching Structure
64 Hexagrams; 6 lines in which each represents yin/yang principles. Each is composed of two trigrams (3 lines; upper and lower)
Yin
Associated with the cold, dark, soft of the earth.
Yang
Associated with the warmth of, light of, and hardness of the heavens.
I Ching
Found in "The Book of Changes"; a divination written in Mandarin Chinese approximately 2,500 ybp (years before present). A form of cleromancy divination based on casting lots that create a series of numbers.