What are we trying to build?
This site brings casting, classical passages, modern interpretation, and scene-based experience into one reading flow. It aims to help people new to the I Ching notice relationships, timing, and proportionate action. Chinese and English content are kept as closely aligned as possible so readers can compare the same core interpretation across languages.
The product is a tool for cultural understanding and reflection. It is not a fate-prediction service, religious authority, or professional adviser. It should not guarantee outcomes, replace medical, legal, or financial judgment, or use anxiety and unfavourable casts to drive payment.
Who is responsible today?
At present, this is an independent personal project. It is not operated by a university, research institution, publisher, religious body, or medical, legal, or financial organisation. The site does not yet publish a verifiable organisational identity, named author, editor-in-chief, or professional credentials, so no institutional endorsement should be inferred from its visual style or tone.
The project uses automated tests, language checks, and manual sampling to improve content, but it has not established a named review panel for the classics, translation, safety, privacy, or law. Basic is now operating as an early public release. Before claiming professional review, the site should identify who is accountable for content, the role and date of each kind of review, and relevant conflicts of interest instead of making a broad claim of “expert approval.”
How is each kind of content produced?
After the six lines form, fixed rules determine the primary hexagram, changing lines, resulting hexagram, and reading priority; classical passages are retrieved from fixed data. Basic’s four Chinese and English sections are generated and prepared before casting, with no real-time language-model call when a cast is made. Plus, still in preview, is the path intended to use live AI for personalisation.
Some translation, modern interpretation, and scene images were drafted or created with the assistance of generative tools, then checked for format, terminology, Hong Kong Traditional Chinese, bilingual alignment, and product-safety rules. AI does not choose the cast or rewrite the fixed classical layer, and the use of tools does not mean the material is error-free or professionally endorsed.
What guides editing and revision?
Editorial work prioritises clear labels between source text, translation, and modern interpretation; one aligned core judgment across Chinese and English; the avoidance of fear, fixed claims, and professional overreach; and Hong Kong Traditional Chinese that is correct in both characters and local written usage. When rules or data are incomplete, the limit should be disclosed rather than hidden behind fluent prose.
Content pages currently show an update date, and automated tests check generated output, Traditional Chinese usage, bilingual routes, and selected product boundaries. An update date is not evidence of sentence-by-sentence scholarly review. The current pages also lack a complete base-text bibliography, item-level citations, a material revision log, and named reviewers.
Corrections and accountability
To report a translation, sourcing, safety, accessibility, or other content issue, email hello@ichinginspire.com. Briefly identify the page, passage, and concern; there is no need to include a private question, journal content, identity document, or other sensitive data. The project does not yet promise a response time or operate a formal corrections policy.
A working email address is not a complete accountability structure. The project still needs to publish accountable ownership, source and edition notes, material revision history, and review status. Corrections should retain a traceable date rather than silently replacing the record.