Harmen Mesker's YiTube Channel & Yijing Research

YiTube is dedicated to the Yijing (I Ching), its early history, language, textual traditions, and divination practices.

I explore the Zhouyi through the original Chinese sources, early commentaries, excavated manuscripts, oracle bone and bronze inscriptions, and traditional divination manuals. A major focus is Wenwang Gua (文王卦), Six-Line divination, and historical divination cases, including how classical practitioners actually applied the method.

I also examine modern interpretations critically, compare translations and explanations, and return to the Chinese evidence to see what the sources actually say. Topics include characters and terminology, textual variants, manuscript evidence, traditional techniques, and the development of Yijing practice through history.

The aim of this channel is to approach the Yijing with accuracy, precision, completeness and sincerity, while keeping the material practical, understandable, and open to discussion.