Who is the author of I Ching

The author was Ji Chang, and the I Ching, also known as the Zhou Yi.

The Zhouyi, also known as the Book of Changes, is one of the Three Books of Changes (another point of view: that the Book of Changes is the Three Books of Changes, not the Zhouyi), which is one of the traditional classics, and is said to have been written by Ji Chang, the king of the Zhou Dynasty, and consists of two parts, namely, the Book of Changes and the Book of Changes.

"Jing" is mainly 64 hexagrams and three hundred and eighty-four lines, hexagrams and lines have their own instructions (trigrams, lines), as a divination. The Zhouyi does not present concepts such as yin and yang and taiji; it is the Yi Chuan, which was influenced by Taoism and yin and yang, that speaks of yin and yang and taiji.

Expanded Information

Ji Chang (1152 BC - 1056 BC), surnamed Ji, name Chang, grandson of King Tai of Zhou, son of Ji Li, founder of the Zhou Dynasty, was a native of Qizhou (present-day Qishan, Shaanxi). After the death of his father, he inherited the position of Marquis of Xi Bo, so he was called Xi Bo Chang. In the 42nd year of Xibochang, Ji Chang became king, and was known as King Wen of Zhou. He reigned for 50 years and was one of the brightest kings in Chinese history.

During his reign, King Wen of Zhou, "Ke Mingde prudent punishment", diligent in politics, attaching importance to the development of agricultural production, the courtesy of the wise and talented, widely talent, pay tribute to Jiang Shang as a military adviser, asked to the military and state plans, so that "three parts of the world, two of which returned to the week"; attached to the Yu, Rui two countries, and the destruction of Li (now Shanxi Changzhi). He also took over Yu and Rui, and conquered Li (present-day Changzhi, Shanxi Province) and Yu (present-day Qinyang, Henan Province).

Foundation of the capital, Fengjing (present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), laid the foundation for King Wu's destruction of the Shang Dynasty; it is rumored that he was the author of the Book of Changes. In addition, he created the Zhou rituals, which were revered by Confucianism in later times. Confucius even called King Wen "the best of the three generations".

When King Wen died in the 50th year of his reign (1056 BC), he was buried in Bi Yuan. The Mausoleum of the Western Zhou Kings (the ruins of the Zhou Gong Temple) is located at the southern foot of Fenghuang Mountain in Qishan County, Baoji, Shaanxi.

In 1046, Ji Chang's second son, King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, destroyed the Shang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty, posthumously honoring Ji Chang as the King of Wen.

Wu Zetian, who claimed to be a descendant of Ji Chang when he claimed the throne in 690, posthumously honored the King of Zhou as the founder of the Emperor Wen.

References:

Jichang - Baidu Encyclopedia