I Ching

Contents:

• Description
• Features
• Technologies
• Downloads
• Source Code
• Screenshots

Description:

I Ching, roughly translated as "Book of Changes", is an ancient form of Chinese divination. It has been used throughout history not only as a method of divination, but also as a book of wisdom.

This project was created to help others more easily access this wisdom by providing an application that is a computerized form of this divination. The goal of this project is to provide users with the ability to do quick I Ching castings on a computer while staying consistent with the mathematical odds inherent in the yarrow stick casting method.

Please see the Wikipedia page on I Ching for additional background history about what I Ching is, and how it is used.

Features:

• Randomized buttons for castings, with the same probabilities as the yarrow stick method.
• Printing capability.
• Reference text translations and commentaries of the I Ching included:
  • Wilhelm/Baynes
  • James Legge

Technologies:

This is a cross-platform application that can run on the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.

Some of the technologies utilized:

• Python 3
• Qt 5
• PyQt
• cx_Freeze
• Nullsoft Scriptable Install System

Downloads:

Installable packages are available for the Windows and Mac OS X platforms only:

• Windows: Downloads
• Mac OS X: Downloads
• Linux: Source Code

Source code:

The source code is available on GitHub here.

git clone https://github.com/rluu/iching.git

This will grab the most recent source code. Please see the README.txt in the doc subdirectory for how to build and run this software for each supported platform.

Screenshots: