The I Ching (Book of Changes): Hexagrams, Yin-Yang Binary Codification, and Divinatory Archetypes

Dr. Julian Vance & Sapiotic Engineering Group

September 6, 2026

Executive Briefing: The Book of Perpetual Flux

The I Ching uses 64 hexagrams formed of broken (Yin) and unbroken (Yang) lines to map cosmic transformations, anticipated Leibniz’s binary arithmetic by two millennia.

1. Carl Jung and Synchronicity

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung wrote the introduction to Richard Wilhelm’s translation, using the I Ching to formulate his theory of acausal meaningful connections (*Synchronicity*).

2. References

  1. Wilhelm, R., & Baynes, C. F. (1950). The I Ching or Book of Changes. Princeton University Press.

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