易Mantic arts dossier · Yijing-derived and correlative systems
《焦氏易林》
Jiāoshì Yìlín·The Forest of Changes
A corpus of more than four thousand rhymed oracles indexed by primary and resulting hexagrams, valuable as divination manual, poetry, folklore and Han social evidence.
- Aliases
- Yilin, Jiao's Forest of Changes
- Formation
- Approximately mid-late Western Han to early Eastern Han
- Evidence status
01Core principles
Core principles
Translate formulas into structure: what enters, how the model is arranged, and which relations drive interpretation.
Transformations among the sixty-four hexagrams produce 4,096 indexed combinations, each paired with a verse built from images, historical allusions and everyday situations.
Key concepts
- oracle verse
- primary and resulting hexagrams
- 4,096 indexed responses
02Origins and historical development
Origins and historical development
Keep traditional accounts, surviving evidence and later transformations distinct.
The work formed within Han correlative and omen discourse, circulated later as a reservoir of oracular verses, and is also studied for its language and social imagery.
03Evidence limits and research debates
Evidence limits and research debates
Mystery belongs to the unknown—not to presenting uncertainty as fact.
Authorship—Jiao Yanshou, Cui Zhuan or cumulative composition—remains disputed, and traditions do not agree on one casting procedure.
This dossier supports historical, textual and methodological study. Internal traditional explanations are not modern empirical validation and do not replace medical, legal, financial or other professional advice.
04Core texts and materials
Core texts and materials
- 01Jiaoshi Yilin
- 02Critical and annotated editions of the Yilin