The I Ching and the Fall of the Shang Dynasty: The I Ching (Book of Changes), used for divination since ancient China, is said to have guided the Zhou conquest of the Shang Dynasty around 1046 BCE. According to tradition, King Wen and his son used hexagrams to assess the mandate of heaven and time their rebellion. The Zhou victory was framed as fulfilling cosmic and moral order. While the text evolved over centuries, its association with pivotal historical shifts gave it authority. Believers see its philosophical depth as enabling accurate insight, while scholars view it as post-hoc justification. The I Ching endures as a symbol of wisdom aligning human action with universal patterns.
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