THE PHYSICS OF CHANGE YÌJĪNG: CONFUCIUS AND THE TEN WINGS. (Volume 2)

The future is not predicted; it is patterned. What if reality itself unfolds not as a fixed sequence of events, but as a dynamic field of probabilities, where each moment is a convergence of forces, timing, and perception? Long before modern science, the Yijing articulated such a vision: a world in flux, where change is not accidental but intrinsic to the fabric of existence.In this three-volume work, The Physics of Change. Yijing: Confucius and the Ten Wings, the classical text, is re-read through the lenses of quantum theory, complexity science, and systems thinking. Rather than treating the Yijing as mystical divination, it is approached as a symbolic architecture of transformation where binary lines generate a field of branching possibilities, much like modern models of nonlinear dynamics and probabilistic systems. As the Xici Zhuan reminds us, “the firm and the yielding push against each other, producing change and transformation."Focusing on the Confucian Ten Wings, these volumes translate and interpret the terse, often cryptic verses of the Yijing, weaving them with insights from Daoist cosmology and Buddhist philosophy. The result is not a claim that the Yijing is science, but a disciplined exploration of resonance: how an ancient civilisation articulated a process-based worldview that finds echoes in contemporary thought.This work is written for intellectually curious readers at the intersection of disciplines: scholars of philosophy, physics, and Asian studies; leaders and strategists navigating uncertainty; and seekers of a deeper framework for decision-making in a complex world. It will appeal to those dissatisfied with reductionist explanations of reality and interested instead in relational, participatory models of understanding.As China rises, this work offers Western readers a rare entry into Chinese sense-making, revealing how more than five thousand years of cultural evolution perceive change not as disruption but as the very fabric of spacetime itself. Read more