Talk:Influence of the I Ching

Suggested merge with I Ching
As a longtime editor of the I Ching article, I created I Ching's influence article for three reasons:
 * 1) The I Ching article (35 kb, (at the time) with the list of Westerners influenced) was beyond the recommended length for articles. While the recommendations on length of articles are not hard and fast rules, the suggested length (20-30 kb) corresponds to what the average reader can absorb in an article.  Another way of putting that is that a well-written article is usually relatively concise.  When articles get beyond a certain length, it is recommended that summary style be used with short summary sections and a "Main" article created.
 * 2) The list of Westerners influenced was getting very long. No blame here (I was one of the people who added to it).  However it was becoming a rather large sideshow.  As such, it was not really relevant to the main article, which is generally a rather authoritative description of the I Ching itself.
 * 3) There is a rather interesting story to be told about the reach and influence of the I Ching. I'm researching that right now and plan to add to the article.

For these reasons, I am not in favour of merging this article back into the I Ching article. Sunray 17:04, 10 January 2006 (UTC)


 * One thing that does occur to me, however, is that this article should perhaps be renamed. I can't think of a better name at the moment, but am open to suggestions. Sunray 18:04, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Adding to "I Ching's influence"
Science Fiction author Neal Stephenson features the I Ching in his trilogy The Baroque Cycle as the basis for encryption keys used to encode personal correspondence by the mathematician and philospoer Liebnitz.


 * By all means, add that. Sunray 06:40, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Lost (TV series) - The I Ching is the primary component of the logo for The Dharma Initiative.
 * Although I think the writers may have used the I Ching in a number of ways in their plot - perhaps the numbers used in the show relating to certain Hexagrams of the I Ching - I think it is miss leading to assume that the The Dharma Initiative is logo is influenced by the I Ching and not just meant to be a 'mystical' or 'Asian' design. With out any further inforamtion we might as well say that the logo is influenced by those little mirrors which, i believe, are used in Feng Shui.  Further more the logo its self is made up of triagrams, the componatnse of the Hexagrams of the I Ching, which predate the I Ching.  I would be quite happy for any one to correct me on any mistakes I have made.  --Drgs100 21:14, 22 August 2006 (UTC)