bernie
May 5th, 2008, 02:10 PM
I have released a new version of my old (from the last millennium) Yijing program. It runs under Windows, from W95 to Vista, and may interest to some of the members of this group.
Some relevant features:
The Oracle can be consulted either with the coins or the yarrow-stalk method, using an animated interface.
Oracle answers can be stored in a database. Afterwards they can be searched and analyzed with different tools.
Guidance for interpreting the Oracle answers is provided, so users can know how which are the key points in the situation. (I adhere to Steve Marshall adaptation from Zhu Xi for mutating line selection).
Hexagrams include both the Wilhem-Baynes translation plus an interpretation targeted to diary life.
The program is easy to understand, allowing easy navigation between linked hexagrams and the English and Chinese text.
A Chinese text pane, with a literal word by word translation of the Book of Changes, can be opened, side to side to the Wilhelm translation. This feature is very handy or the serious I Ching aficionado, since only in that way one can apprehend the whole range of meanings or the Oracle answers (the Chinese text is taken from the Zhouyi Zhezhong. I tried to follow Wilhelm in its amendments to the text) .
Users can add their own words and insights to the text, creating in that way their own version of the I Ching.
It is not free, but the text can be read freely in the evaluation version, and the oracle can be consulted 30 times.
The program is only 2 MB size, can be uninstalled easily, and the installer doesn't mess with the System, since all files are installed in the program folder.
Home page: http://change7.com/iching (http://http://change7.com/iching/index.html)
If anyone would like to request an editor's copy please contact me at info@change7.com.
Any ideas or constructive criticism are welcome,
Bernie
Some relevant features:
The Oracle can be consulted either with the coins or the yarrow-stalk method, using an animated interface.
Oracle answers can be stored in a database. Afterwards they can be searched and analyzed with different tools.
Guidance for interpreting the Oracle answers is provided, so users can know how which are the key points in the situation. (I adhere to Steve Marshall adaptation from Zhu Xi for mutating line selection).
Hexagrams include both the Wilhem-Baynes translation plus an interpretation targeted to diary life.
The program is easy to understand, allowing easy navigation between linked hexagrams and the English and Chinese text.
A Chinese text pane, with a literal word by word translation of the Book of Changes, can be opened, side to side to the Wilhelm translation. This feature is very handy or the serious I Ching aficionado, since only in that way one can apprehend the whole range of meanings or the Oracle answers (the Chinese text is taken from the Zhouyi Zhezhong. I tried to follow Wilhelm in its amendments to the text) .
Users can add their own words and insights to the text, creating in that way their own version of the I Ching.
It is not free, but the text can be read freely in the evaluation version, and the oracle can be consulted 30 times.
The program is only 2 MB size, can be uninstalled easily, and the installer doesn't mess with the System, since all files are installed in the program folder.
Home page: http://change7.com/iching (http://http://change7.com/iching/index.html)
If anyone would like to request an editor's copy please contact me at info@change7.com.
Any ideas or constructive criticism are welcome,
Bernie