The current version (1.21) of the electronic edition of the I Ching contains the original text as edited by Confucius¹, transferred from the Chinese into German by Richard Wilhelm² and rendered from German into English by Cary F. Baynes³.

The great advantage of the electronic edition is the ability to utilize the particular qualities of the personal computer, which allow to:

• Instantly construct a Hexagram based on the user's intuitive timing; i.e., no counting through forty-nine yarrow stalks or throwing three coins.
• Emphasize, through highlighting, particular (moving) lines.
• Instantly change from one state (as defined by a Hexagram) into another.

The electronic edition runs in DOS-mode on IBM AT compatible computers, with a 386 (or better) CPU, using standard VGA graphics (640x480x16).  Written in Assembly, the I Ching computer program is fast and occupies little memory.

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1. 551-479 B.C.
2. I GING - Das Buch der Wandlungen, Eugen Diederichs Verlag, Düsseldorf - Köln, 1956.
3. The I Ching or BOOK OF CHANGES, Bollingen Series XIX, Princeton University Press, 3rd ed., 1967.