Description: The Book of Changes (Commonly known as "I Ching" or ©ö¸g) is the fundamental philosophy of both Taoism and Confucianism. Taoism arose from the personal philosophy of Lao-tzu. Taoism directly uses symbols, diction, and theory from the Book of Changes. Taoists believe one should live with the nature and not attempt to alter it. Confucianism comes from the teaching of Confucius. Confucianism exhibits a much looser tie with the Book of Changes; however, all parts of Confucianism are excerpts from the Book of Changes. Confucius lived 73 years. He read the Book of Changes when he was 49, and declared "(I) learned why God created humans at the age of 50". The Book of Changes gave Confucius the supreme inspiration in his perfection of ideas.
Article: the Theory of I Ching by Carl Gustav Jung
Reading the Book of Changes involves casting coins or stalks in order to build one of the six-four hexagrams. A hexagram consists of six lines (hence its name), and each line represents either Yin or Yang. However, what makes the book fascinating is that each line, on top of being either Yin or Yang, is possible to transform by inverting its properties. One generates a different hexagram with this method and this second hexagram depicts the immediate future.