RELIGIONS
CONFUCIANISM
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Question
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Contains 64 hexagrams that individuals select from often using coins or other methods and then use the reading to apply to situations in their lives.
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Book of Poetry (Shijing)
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Book of Rites
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Book of History (Shujing)
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Book of Changes (Yijing of I Ching)
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Spring and Autumn Annals (Chun Qiu)
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The main body of the work, traditionally attributed to Wenwang (flourished 12th century bc), contains a discussion of the divinatory system used by the Zhou dynasty wizards.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the past it was consulted using Yarrow sticks, but a common way to consult the I Ching is to toss three coins, assign a certain value to them, record the value, and repeat a total of six times to create a hexagram.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 64 hexagrams of the I-Ching claim to represent nothing less than the archetypal situations of human life itself. To “read” the I-Ching, a person uses either coin tosses or yarrow stalks to generate a hexagram.
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