Yijing: where does the text end and commentary begin?
The Book of Changes has layers from different periods. Keep the early text apart from later commentaries and uses.
Which layer of the text are you reading?
The Chinese Text Project provides a reading entry point for the Book of Changes. Identify the passage and whether it belongs to the base text or a commentary. Chinese Text Project ↗
A practice and a prediction are different questions
Historical evidence can document divination practices and interpretations. It does not itself establish the reliability of a modern prediction made through the text. Chinese Text Project ↗
Compare interpretations in context
Record the edition, translator, and surrounding text. Keep later cosmological explanations visible as dated interpretations rather than silently merging every layer. Chinese Text Project ↗