易えき

noun

cleromancy with sticks; divination using the Book of Changes

Refers to the traditional Chinese method of divination using long sticks, as described in the 易経 (I Ching).

• 易えきを立たてて今日きょうの運うん勢せいを占うらなった。

  I performed a divination with sticks to tell today's fortune.

noun

I Ching; Book of Changes

Abbreviation of 易経 (Ekikyō). Used when referring to the classic Chinese text itself.

See also: 易経

• 易えきは古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの思し想そうを知しる上うえで重じゅう要ような書しょ物もつだ。

  The I Ching is an important text for understanding ancient Chinese thought.