Najia Yi Jing
I Ching origin
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The true origin of the I Ching was lost in the mist of time. All we know is that it existed in one form or the other for at least 3,500 years in China. The current best archeological evidences of the I Ching showed its earliest uses as divination tools.
The texts that are commonly known as the I Ching, or the Book of Changes, really did not come into existence until the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BCE-256 BCE). What is commonly known as the I Ching to the westerners is actually mostly the Zhou Yi, or the Zhou Dynasty version of the I Ching. Almost all translated works on the I Ching are from these collected Zhou Yi texts. While the Zhou Yi is an indispensable part of the entire I Ching heritage; but if one's intention is to study the I Ching for its predictive, divination and fortune-telling capabilities; then the Zhou Yi should not be the only material to focus on.​
Najia inventor
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Jing Fang was the first student of Jiao Yan Shou the designer of the “image and number tradition” that joined the I Ching hexagram to old Chinese imagery and numerology. He lived between year 77 and 37 BCE. We can find several accounts of his activities as Appointed Erudite of The Changes at the Yuan’s Imperial Court, when he wrote several scientific treatises about this new I Ching system.
It appears that Jing Fang suggested to the emperor that for the good of the empire and that of the people, all governmental positions should only be granted based on the merits and not the inherited titles. All people in the empire, regardless of social status and birthrights, should have equal rights and access to hold governmental positions. Furthermore, government officials of all levels should now be subjected to periodic and objective evaluations for their performances. All promotions and advancements should only be granted based on these periodic and objective performance evaluations. Basically he wanted to do away with the existing privileged ruling class and reformed the empire based on meritocracy. His ideas and the group he represented brought him to the most direct and the bitterest confrontations with the existing privileged ruling class.
The powerful eunuch Shi Xiam managed to have him transferred far from the capital as Governor of the province of Wei. Jing Fang was executed after being called back to court.