Home›Sources›The I Ching, or Book of ChangesSourcesThe I Ching, or Book of ChangesCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The I Ching, or Book of Changes." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-i-ching-or-book-of-changes.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The I Ching, or Book of Changes. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-i-ching-or-book-of-changesCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-i-ching-or-book-of-changes, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The I Ching, or Book of Changes}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-i-ching-or-book-of-changes}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThis is not a direct Chinese to English translation. Richard Wilhelm translated the Chinese text into German in the early twentieth century, working with the scholar Lao Naixuan, and Cary F. Baynes then translated Wilhelm's German into English; Princeton published it with a foreword by Carl Jung that helped make it the standard English version for readers outside sinology for decades. That two step path is worth naming rather than hiding: an English reader meets the text already filtered through Wilhelm's own German sinology of that period. What has held up is its long standing use as the working reference translation in English. What has not held up as well is confidence in some of its more speculative interpretive glosses, which later translators working directly from the Chinese, such as Legge before it and Shaughnessy after, have in places read differently. Use it for the traditional text and Wilhelm's accompanying commentary as he and Baynes rendered them. A claim resting on the base text alone, apart from later commentary layers, or on recent textual scholarship, is better supported by a translation made directly from the Chinese.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (399 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedRichard Wilhelm (trans.); Cary F. Baynes (English trans.)PublisherWell-attestedPrinceton University PressPublication YearWell-attested1980URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/ichingorbookof00baynSource TypeWell-attestedreferenceAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The long standing standard English reference translation of the Chinese Book of Changes, made by translating Richard Wilhelm's German rendering into English, published by a university press with a foreword by Carl Jung.NotesWell-attestedStandard scholarly translation of the Chinese Book of Changes with commentary.Claims Backed By This Source (399 claims)This source backs 399 claims across the atlas. 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Plus 199 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicHuman Design Gates, 84 claims: 20 well-attested, 64 general references.I Ching Hexagrams, 75 claims: 11 well-attested, 64 general references.Articles, 74 claims: 73 well-attested, 1 general references.Human Design Channels, 52 claims: 16 well-attested, 36 general references.Bagua Trigrams, 48 claims: 32 well-attested, 8 holds, 8 general references.Directions, 15 claims: 7 well-attested, 8 general references.Sacred Geometry, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Historical Figures, 7 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 3 general references.Rituals, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.Disciplines, 5 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 general references.Categories, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.Religious Symbols, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Scripture Portions, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.Scriptures & Texts, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Esoteric Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.Figures, 1 claims: 1 general references.Mythical Creatures, 1 claims: 1 general references.Numbers, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested185ArticlesBringing the I Ching into EnglishChinese divinatory textsDui in the Two ArrangementsDui, the Joyous, the LakeEnding in IncompletionGen in the Two ArrangementsGen, Keeping Still, the MountainKan in the Two ArrangementsKan, the Abysmal, WaterKun in the Two ArrangementsKun, the Receptive, Three Broken LinesLi in the Two ArrangementsLi, the Clinging, FireLines Five and One, a Correspondence ReversedLines Five and Two, the Central Pair ReversedLines Four and One, and Why Order MattersLines Four and Six in the Chinese CommentariesLines One and Four, and the One Relation That Is InheritedLines One and Three in the Chinese CommentariesLines Six and Three, a Correspondence ReversedLines Six and Two in the Chinese CommentariesLines Three and Five in the Chinese CommentariesLines Three and Six, a Correspondence PairLines Two and Five, the Two Central LinesLines Two and Four in the Chinese CommentariesQian in the Two ArrangementsQian, the Creative, Three Unbroken LinesReading These EntriesThe I Ching in the WestThe I Ching UnderneathThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesThe Two Hexagrams Behind the GatesShowing 1 to 50 of 144 entities carrying this claim. NextHolds15Bagua TrigramsDuiGenKanKunLiQianXunZhenDisciplinesChinese AstrologyHistorical FiguresRichard WilhelmRitualsConsulting the I ChingSacred GeometryLater Heaven BaguaScripture PortionsShuo GuaGeneral References199ArticlesWhat a Hexagram Line IsBagua TrigramsDuiGenKanKunLiQianXunZhenCategoriesBagua TrigramsI Ching HexagramsDirectionsEastEast-NortheastNorthNortheastNorthwestSouthSoutheastSouthwestDisciplinesChinese AstrologyHuman DesignI ChingEsoteric TextsI Ching (Book of Changes)FiguresCheng YiHistorical FiguresCary F. BaynesJing FangRichard WilhelmHuman Design ChannelsChannel of AbstractionChannel of AcceptanceChannel of AwakeningChannel of AwarenessChannel of CharismaChannel of CommunityChannel of ConcentrationChannel of CuriosityChannel of DiscoveryChannel of EmotingChannel of ExplorationChannel of InitiationChannel of InspirationChannel of JudgmentChannel of LogicChannel of MatingChannel of MaturationChannel of MoneyChannel of MutationChannel of OpennessChannel of Perfected FormChannel of PowerChannel of PreservationShowing 1 to 50 of 199 entities carrying this claim. NextComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year