This book, probably owned by a predecessor of my office, has been lying
on the shelf without my bothering to take a look until today.
I have heard of I-Ching,
loosely translated as the Book or Scripture of Change, but Ling Ch’i Ching?
The authors are Ralph Sawyer, a MIT- and Harvard-schooled intellectual,
and his wife Mei-Chün Lee. The authors described it as a classic Chinese
oracle.
I am not a fan of oracle stuff. But it does arouse my curiosity.
Apparently, the authorship is unknown. It was probably written in the
Wei-Chin period (222-419 AD).
The oracle comprises four each of the following: Heaven, Man and Earth.
By tossing the twelve disks, 125 outcomes are possible. Each reveals an oracle
and for which a verse is provided. The rest is your “hope” or “fear”.
I thought I should share this newfound knowledge with friends.
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