Sticks and method for consulting chinese book of changes
AssigneeBlozo Products V.O.F.
InventorsFrits Johan Blok, Wilhelmus Jacobus Marinus Zonjee
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and device for consulting and contemplating the ancient Chinese Book of Changes. The invention provides six rectangular sticks having indicia on the four sides. Two of the indicia represents the changing Yang line and the Yin line and are located on two of the sides opposite from one another, and the other two indicia represent the changing Yin line and the Yang line and are located on the other two sides opposite from one another. The sticks are tossed in order to arrive at a first hexagram. In the event that there are any changing lines appearing in the first hexagram, the sticks having the changing lines are turned over to construct a second hexagram.
Claims16
A device for consulting the Book of Changes, the device comprising:
- an object, the object having a first, second, third and fourth side, the first side having a first indicia, the second side having a second indicia the third side having a third indicia and the fourth side having a fourth indicia, wherein two of the indicia represent the changing Yin line and the Yang line and are located on two of the sides opposite from one another and each having a plane parallel to one another, and the other two indicia represent the changing Yang and the Yin line and are located on the other two sides opposite one another and each having a plane parallel to one another.
A device for consulting the ancient Book of Changes, the device comprising:
- six objects, each object having four longitudinally extending sides, the first side having a first indicia, the second side having a second indicia, the third side having a third indicia and a fourth side having a fourth indicia, wherein two of the indicia represent the changing Yin line and the Yang line and are located on sides opposite from one another and each having a plane parallel to one another, and the other two indicia represent the changing Yang line and the Yin line and are located on the other two sides opposite one another and each having a plane parallel to one another, whereby the six objects are tossed and the six indicia facing upward are used to construct an I-Ching hexagram.
A method of consulting the Book of Changes, the method comprising the steps of:
- grasping 6 rectangular blocks each having four longitudinally extending sides with indicia, wherein two of the indicia represent the changing Yin lines and the Yang lines and are located on two of the sides opposite from one another and each having a plane parallel to one another, and the other two indicia represent the changing Yang line and the Yin line are located on the other two sides opposite from one another and each having a plane parallel to one another,
- tossing the six blocks so as to randomly align in a consecutive order, reading the indicia facing upwards so as to construct a hexagram, and consulting the Book of Changes for the constructed hexagram.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.