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What do you think of the Mawandui manuscript. Located in a Han tomb, dated around 168 B.C., were discovered both an alternate version of the Yi Jing and the Lao Zi (Tao Te Ching). This version of the Yi differs in a few important aspects, the first is a re-naming of 38 of the 64 trigrams (though the associated texts are quite similar) Next that it only contains the first two wings13 and an assemblage of lost texts. Though most importantly a difference in the ordering of the hexagrams is present. In this version the upper trigram is fixed and the lower follows a regular rotation in variance. This ordering seems “to be tailored to the needs of yarrow stalk consultation.” which Wang Donglang suggests is a clear indication that it had a primary use for divination and not philosophical pondery in this period.

I think it's important to talk about the yi jing and the tao te together because there is as much an art to interpreting the lines. If you were trying to make the hexagram (s)say anything you wanted you would feel the reach.