I Ching

Summary

I Ching is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,907 views/month, #114 of 28,446).^[2]

Key Facts

• Author: Fuxi^[3]
• Creator: Fuxi^[4]
• Instance of: divination^[5]
• Genre: divination^[6], cosmology^[7]
• Part of: Five Classics^[8], Three Books of Changes^[9], Chinese classics^[10]
• Has use: I Ching divination^[11]
• Commons category: I Ching^[12]
• Language of work or name: Old Chinese^[13]
• Country of origin: Zhou dynasty^[14]
• Has edition or translation: Q76730987^[15]
• Topic's main category: Category:I Ching^[16]
• Main subject: divination^[17], philosophy^[18]
• Commons gallery: 易經^[19]
• Earliest date: 1000 BC^[20]
• Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[21], Records of the Grand Historian^[22]
• Title: 易經^[23], 周易^[24]
• First line: 乾 ䷀ 元亨利貞^[25]
• Studied by: I Ching studies^[26]
• Derivative work: Ten Wings^[27]
• On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[28]
• Copyright status: public domain^[29]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for I Ching include Meiji era^[30], a Japanese era name^[31], in Japan^[32] and Yijing Hexagram Symbols^[33], an Unicode block^[34].

Why It Matters

I Ching has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 166 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for it include Meiji era^[30], a Japanese era name^[31], in Japan^[32] and Yijing Hexagram Symbols^[33], an Unicode block^[34].