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The Book of Changes / I Ching
yì jīng
易經 is the Chinese title for "The Book of Changes" also known as "I Ching" or "YiJing".
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| Title | Characters | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| The Book of Changes I Ching | 易經 易经 | yì jīng / yi4 jing1 / yi jing / yijing | i ching / iching |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | |||
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
乾 干 see styles |
gān / gan1 kan ken / けん |
 More info & calligraphy: qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest); (surname) Nukui Dry, dried up, clean; heaven, male, masculine, enduring, continual. Translit. gan and h; dry |
易經 易经 see styles |
yì jīng / yi4 jing1 i ching |
 More info & calligraphy: |
兌 兑 see styles |
duì / dui4 tui da / だ |
to cash; to exchange; to add (liquid); to blend; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp; ☱ dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west); (given name) Tooru |
坎 see styles |
kǎn / kan3 k`an / kan kan / かん |
pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵ (1) (archaism) pit; hole; (2) kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north); (surname) Kita |
坤 see styles |
kūn / kun1 k`un / kun kon / こん |
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷; ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest) kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest); (given name) Mamoru earth |
巽 see styles |
xùn / xun4 hsün son / そん |
to obey; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind; ☴; ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast) xun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: wind, southeast); (given name) Yuzuru |
易 see styles |
yì / yi4 i eki / えき |
easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible" (1) type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; (2) (abbreviation) (See 易経) The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching; (given name) Yasushi Change; easy; to change |
艮 see styles |
gèn / gen4 ken gon;kon;e / ごん;こん;え |
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain; ☶; ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast) gen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: mountain, northeast); (given name) Gon |
離 离 see styles |
lí / li2 li ri / り |
to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (something); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲ li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south); (surname) Mato To leave, part from, apart from. abandon; translit. li, le, r, re, rai; to separate |
震 see styles |
zhèn / zhen4 chen shin / しん |
to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳ zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east); (surname) Tatsumi To shake, thunder, tremble, awe, quicken; translit. cin, ci; to shake |
チン see styles |
chin / チン | jing (Korean gong) (kor:); (place-name) Chin (Burmah); Ching; Chinn; Zinn |
周易 see styles |
zhōu yì / zhou1 yi4 chou i shuueki / shueki / しゅうえき |
another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] (See 易経) divination (based on the Book of Changes); (personal name) Shuueki |
易傳 易传 see styles |
yì zhuàn / yi4 zhuan4 i chuan |
Yi Zhuan, commentary on the "Book of Changes" or "I Ching" 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] |
易経 see styles |
ekikyou / ekikyo / えききょう | (See 五経) The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching |
書経 see styles |
shokyou / shokyo / しょきょう | (See 五経) The Book of Documents; The Book of History; Shujing; Shu Ching |
荆溪 see styles |
jīng qī / jing1 qi1 ching ch`i / ching chi Kyōkei |
Ching-ch'i throne-stream, name of the ninth Tiantai patriarch 湛然 Chan-jan; Jingqi |
藏經 藏经 see styles |
zàng jīng / zang4 jing1 tsang ching zōkyō |
The Canon, of which there are catalogues varying in number of contents, the first by Liang Wudi of 5,400 juan; the Kai Yuan Catalogue contained 5,048 juan. The oldest existing canon is believed to be the Korean with 6,467 juan; the Song canon has 5,714; the Yuan, 5,397; the Japanese, 665 covers; the Ming, 6,771 juan, reprinted in the Ching dynasty with supplement; and a new and much enlarged edition has recently been published in Shanghai, and one in Tokyo; cf. 三藏 and 一切經; [Chinese] canon |
詩経 see styles |
shikyou / shikyo / しきょう | (See 五経) The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching |
劉青雲 刘青云 see styles |
liú qīng yún / liu2 qing1 yun2 liu ch`ing yün / liu ching yün |
Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor |
汪精衛 汪精卫 see styles |
wāng jīng wèi / wang1 jing1 wei4 wang ching wei |
Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator |
清補涼 清补凉 see styles |
qīng bǔ liáng / qing1 bu3 liang2 ch`ing pu liang / ching pu liang |
ching bo leung, an icy, sweet dessert soup |
破相宗 see styles |
pò xiàng zōng / po4 xiang4 zong1 p`o hsiang tsung / po hsiang tsung hasō shū |
The sects established by Yungming 永明, Ching-ying 淨影, and Hui-yuan 慧遠, which held the unreality of all things; the mode of discourse that refutes characteristics |
蔣經國 蒋经国 see styles |
jiǎng jīng guó / jiang3 jing1 guo2 chiang ching kuo |
Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石, Guomindang politician, president of ROC 1978-1988 |
賴清德 see styles |
lài qīng dé / lai4 qing1 de2 lai ch`ing te / lai ching te |
William Lai Ching-te (1959-), Taiwanese DPP politician, vice president of the Republic of China from 2020 |
道徳経 see styles |
doutokukyou / dotokukyo / どうとくきょう | Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing |
道徳經 see styles |
doutokukyou / dotokukyo / どうとくきょう | (out-dated kanji) Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing |
黃以靜 黄以静 see styles |
huáng yǐ jìng / huang2 yi3 jing4 huang i ching |
Wong Yee Ching or Flossie Wong-Staal (1946-2020) Hong Kong American virologist, joint discoverer of the HIV AIDS virus |
六十四卦 see styles |
liù shí sì guà / liu4 shi2 si4 gua4 liu shih ssu kua rokujuushike / rokujushike / ろくじゅうしけ |
the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经 the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes) |
周髀算經 周髀算经 see styles |
zhōu bì suàn jīng / zhou1 bi4 suan4 jing1 chou pi suan ching |
Zhou Bi Suan Jing, or Chou Pei Suan Ching, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics |
老子道徳経 see styles |
roushidoutokukyou / roshidotokukyo / ろうしどうとくきょう | (wk) Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu; Dao De Jing by Laozi |
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