China's oldest classic, the Yi Jing, is a crystallization of the wisdom practiced in ancient society. With additions and interpretations by King Wen of the Zhou dynasty, his son the Duke of Zhou, and Confucius, the later cultural tradition--sober, benevolent, and humanitarian--evolved. Moreover, China continually absorbed surrounding peoples into the great Chinese family, and in this way could be said to have had unmatched coherence.
中國最古老的經典《周易》，正是總結了上古社會實踐的智慧結晶，經過文王、周公、孔子的匯整和詮釋，形成往後樸實、敦厚、講人道的文化傳統，並不斷吸引周圍的族群融入華夏這個大家庭之中，如此的凝聚力可謂絕無僅有。