易
Meanings
Noun
1. type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks
2. The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching (Abbreviation)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
えき
Used in vocabulary
易姓革命
revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)
Noun
不易流行
the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; haiku is both fluid and transitory, and eternal and immutable; an interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku
Expression
易者身の上知らず
people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future
Expression