Texte umsunguli wempucuko yaseShayina kanye nomakhi oyingcweti wefilosofi yayo, u-Yi Jing namuhla usephenduke ifa lesintu. Incwadi (Jing) Yezinguquko (Yi) kade yathathwa njengencwadi yokubhula, kodwa empeleni ayivezi lutho okufanele lube yinkolelo engenangqondo. Ama-hexagrams ayo angama-64 akufanele neze "abikezele ikusasa". Kodwa, ukwakheka kwawo nokuphawula okuhambisana nawo, okugcwele ukuhlakanipha kobuTao nobuConfucius, kungasiza wonke umuntu ukuba athole ukwanela okuvumelanayo phakathi komsebenzi owenzayo nawo wonke oqoshwe kuwo. Ngakho, i-Yi Jing iba yithuluzi lesimanje lophenyo, kokubili isenzo sansuku zonke kanye nokuzazi.