'The Book of Changes'(II): Highest achievement in the ancient Chinese philosophy
Zhouyi, or The Book of Changes, was never just a divination book like many people think. In this respect, Confucius accomplished a great deal. He saw more of the causes of an augury than its results, and combined the results with the philosophies of life, which could be mutually corroborating. Based on Zhouyi, Confucius provided many profound principles about moral ethnics, world views and outlooks on life. It means he sublimed the work to the highest level of Chinese philosophy in the era prior to the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC). Furthermore, Confucius used elegant, concise and easily understood language in his commentaries on Zhouyi, which was later enshrined as the first of the six Confucian classics.