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
Study notes & citation
《焦氏易林》. Institute of Chinese Mantic Arts. https://www.manticarts.com/en/arts/jiaoshi-yilin
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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.
STUDY / Jiāoshì Yìlín
Vocabulary and combinations in the Yilin
- Materials and inputs
- Primary and changed figures, text edition and commentary
Research question
How does one image change across different verses?
Practical exercise
Build an index of up to ten occurrences of one image, preserving figure pairs, locations and context. Distinguish recurring words from narrative function.
03Evidence limits and research debates
Evidence limits and research debates
Distinguish traditional interpretations, documented material and claims requiring testing.
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