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Chinese · divination classic and commentaries · c. 1000–200 BCE

I Ching (Book of Changes)

Anonymous (traditionally attributed to King Wen, the Duke of Zhou and Confucius) — Classical Chinese

Complete work · 69 sections · 2 complete translations

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