Yì lín shàng xià jīng 易林上下經

Forest of the Yì, Upper and Lower Classics (= Jiāoshì Yì lín)

by 焦贛 (Jiāo Gòng / Jiāo Yánshòu)

The Jiāoshì Yì lín 焦氏易林 — the great Western-Hàn Yì jīng divination compendium, providing 4,096 four-line divinatory verses, one for each ordered pair of the 64 hexagrams. One of the most important early Hàn tradition works. Catalogued here from other sources (not preserved in the Dào zàng proper).

Dating. Western Hàn. Dynasty: 西漢.

Translations and research

  • Nielsen, Bent. A Companion to Yi Jing Numerology and Cosmology. Routledge, 2003. Discussion of the Yì lín.