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Book of Changes

British  

noun

  1. another name for the I Ching

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Yijing, or The Book of Changes, presented a new system of divination later included as a seminal text in the Confucian canon.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

One, the I Ching, the ancient Chinese Book of Changes, would show up as a plot point in “High Castle” and guide its composition.

From New York Times Nov. 22, 2010

So in her swift packing to leave her own world, Mary Malone had taken with her the Book of Changes, as it was called, and the little yarrow stalks with which she read it.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Carved in every step were the words to a different verse from the Book of Changes.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

The archaic records of China, especially the Book of Changes, foreshadow his thought.

From The Book of Tea by Okakura, Kakuzo

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