Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
The Book of Changes (Yi Jing)
Confucian classic — divinatory-philosophical text of 64 hexagrams; fifth of the Five Classics
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | The Book of Changes (Yi Jing) (Early) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Non-Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Bi-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Non-Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Non-Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Impersonal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Tradition |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
The Book of Changes (Yi Jing)
The multi-millennium arc from legendary origins through Han canonisation to contemporary reception.
Space
The Book of Changes (Yi Jing)
The Chinese imperial-philosophical setting; the modern global reception.
Matter
The Book of Changes (Yi Jing)
The embodied diviner-philosopher whose practice the text assists.
Observer
The Book of Changes (Yi Jing)
The diviner-philosopher as proper participant-observer of changes.
Energy
The Book of Changes (Yi Jing)
The yin-yang energies of cosmic change.
Information
The Book of Changes (Yi Jing)
The 64-hexagram content as paradigm informational-philosophical structure.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Yi Jing has been variously assessed — universally canonical within Chinese tradition, variously received in the modern West (Jungian-analytical interpretation alongside more sceptical philosophical assessments). Recent Mawangdui-manuscript discoveries have altered scholarly understanding of textual history.