Who is the author of the Book of Changes?

The author is Ji Chang, and I ching is also called I ching.

The Book of Changes, one of the Three Changes of the Book of Changes (another view: the Book of Changes is three changes, not the Book of Changes), is one of the traditional classics. It is said that it was written by Zhou Wenwang Jichang, and its contents include the Book of Changes and the Book of Changes.

Classics are mainly composed of 64 hexagrams and 384 hexagrams, each of which has its own interpretation (hexagrams) for divination. The Book of Changes did not put forward the concepts of Yin-Yang and Taiji, but was influenced by Taoism and Yin-Yang theory.

Extended information Ji Chang (1 152- 1056), surnamed Ji, Ming Chang, the son of King Tai of Zhou, the founder of Zhou Dynasty (now Qishan, Shaanxi). After his father died, he inherited the position of Xibohou, so he was called Xibohou. In the forty-second year of Xibochang, Ji Chang became king, which was known as Zhou Wenwang in history. After 50 years in office, he was a wise king in the history of China.

During his reign, he was diligent in political affairs, attached importance to the development of agricultural production, respected corporal and virtuous, recruited talented people, worshipped as a strategist, and made plans to use troops, resulting in "three points in the world and two points in the week"; Take over Henan and Switzerland, attack and destroy Li (now Changzhi, Shanxi), Zhi (now Qinyang, Henan) and other countries.

Fengjing, the capital (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi), laid the foundation for the destruction of merchants by King Wu. He acted the Old Biography of Zhouyi. In addition, the creation of Zhou Li was highly praised by later Confucianism. Confucius even called King Wen "the English of three generations".

In the fiftieth year of Zhou Wenwang (BC 1056), King Wen collapsed and was buried in the Garden. The Tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty (the site of Zhougong Temple) is located at the southern foot of Fenghuang Mountain in Qishan County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province.

1046 years ago, Zhou Wuwang Ji Fa, the second son of Ji Chang, destroyed the business and made Ji Chang king of literature. In 690, Wu Zetian claimed to be a descendant of Ji Chang and worshipped as the ancestor of Wendi.

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Jichang-Baidu Encyclopedia