Leibniz's I Ching Hexagrams

Leibniz's I Ching Hexagrams - Mathematical artifact from Enlightenment China civilization
1703 CE
Asia
Illustration
Mathematical
China
Enlightenment

Sixty‑four binary figures from the Book of Changes

Sixty‑four ways the one splits into two.

Consulted as an oracle, the I Ching became a universal grammar of polarity. In modern times its six‑line figures mirror digital logic, revealing continuity between divination and computation.

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