%0 Journal Article
%A Andrea Bréard
%D 2024
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%J Zhouyi Studies
%@ 2993-0782
%N 1
%V 1
%T Divination with Hexagrams as Combinatorial Practice1
%R 10.3726/ZhouyiStudies11_171
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1512476
%X The production of broken and unbroken lines in yarrow stalk divination did not only serve the purpose of prognostication. This contribution shows that it was also considered as a model for mathematical reflections to solve combinatorial questions. By analyzing and translating entirely a text by the mid-Qing scholar Wang Lai 汪萊 (1768–1813), it turns out that mantic figures—without being limited to the six lines as in a hexagram—were used as the paradigmatic model in his manuscript 
%K Wang Lai, Jiao Xun, combinatorics, generalized hexagrams, mathematical modeling, Qing dynasty, mathematical practices