King Wen's story

Most people don’t know who King Wen is, but might have heard of his book, the I-Ching, translated as the book of changes. It is a popular classic that has been used for three thousand years as wisdom cultivation or even divination to discover the changing patterns in the near future.

When King Wen contemplated this extraordinary book during the period where he was imprisoned from 82 to 88 years old by the last King of the Shang dynasty, one of the most cruelest kings in history, who killed many innocent people including King Wen’s oldest son.

One of the accomplishments that King Wen contributed to the World was that he used straw sticks in his dark cell to create the arrangement of the sixty-four divination figures in I-Ching. And he used it to regain the power, wisdom and courage to free himself out of the jail, and prepared his son King Wu to finally win over the king of Shang, and then founded the Zhou dynasty, which was the first flourishing and prosperous dynasty in art, culture and history.

I-Ching is regarded as an extraordinary book of unparalleled brilliance and King Wen (1152-1056 BC) is regarded as the King of all kings in China by scholars.

During this quarantine time, I hope Taoist Light Qigong cultivators (who have received I-Ching Qigong training) can practice more King Wen’s I-Ching Qigong to immerse in King Wen’s wisdom, resilience, and courage.