I Ching
Studio.
一念之间
A quiet space to ask, to cast, and to consider what is changing. The I Ching, its commentaries, and your own question—brought together.
Open I Ching Studio Step into the experience中文 / English
An independent project by Richard Zhu
Begin with what
is on your mind.
I built I Ching Studio around an interest in Chinese divination and its commentaries. The experience starts with one question: something to understand, a situation to consider, a change to meet.
Three coins
Three coins, cast six times. Each toss becomes one line, building the hexagram from the bottom up. Old yin and old yang mark the lines that change.
A line changes.
A new relation appears.
The reading holds the original and changed hexagrams together. You can move between them, inspect a changing line, and follow the passages that belong to this particular cast.
Turn the changing line aboveDifficulty at the Beginning
Holding Together
In this example, changing the bottom line of Hexagram 3 produces Hexagram 8. The line’s position and its text remain part of the reading.
9 · 8 · 8 · 8 · 7 · 8Let the words
stay within reach.
The app brings together Chinese gua and line texts, Takashima interpretations, English commentary, and trigram symbolism. Each reading retrieves the passages for its hexagram and changing lines.
Read the passage.
Consider the interpretation.
Optional AI analysis and follow-up questions sit alongside the classical material. You can return to the source text as the conversation develops.
Explore the 64 hexagramsA passage, and a way into it
At the beginning, stay steady. Establish support before pressing ahead.Plain-language paraphrase of Hexagram 3, line 1. Switch to 原文 to read the received Chinese text.
A reading can
continue to unfold.
Saved sessions keep the question, casting result, passages, and conversation together. Reopen a reading later and continue with its original context. Add an outcome note as the situation develops.
The aim is a thoughtful encounter with the text, followed by room to observe what happens next.
Behind the studio
The app is built with Next.js and a Python service, with a structured text database and persistent reading history. The repository includes the casting engine, source retrieval, and both language interfaces.
Explore the repository
Make a little room for another perspective静观其变
Begin with your question.
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