The time when the "Book of Changes" was created is uncertain. It may have been written in the early Zhou Dynasty, the Warring States Period or the Western Han Dynasty. "Tao Te Ching" was written in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the creation time of "Huang Di Nei Jing" is uncertain! It may have been written in the pre-Qin Dynasty.
The same is true for the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic, which is said in the Pre-Qin, Warring States, and Western Han Dynasties. It has also been developed over a long period of time.
The Tao Te Ching is relatively certain to date from the Spring and Autumn Period, so it is the earliest of the three books.
The "Book of Changes" is a work written during the Yin and Zhou dynasties. They affirmed that "the hexagrams come from the divination". The ancient history of witchcraft summarizes a large number of records of divination activities year by year! After screening and sorting, it was written into the "Book of Changes". Some scholars also examined the era of the writing of the "Book of Changes" from the logical process of the development of Chinese thought and the social conflicts during the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and also considered it to be the Yin and Zhou Dynasties.
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