Book Review Graphic Digital Dragon
by Cloud Dragon Design

Reviewed by Douglas Eisenstark, L.Ac.


Digital Dragon, Electronic I Ching

Last year my friend Foster showed me how to throw the I Ching with the sticks. He left me for three quarters of an hour with the admonition to concentrate on my question throughout the entire process. I tried my best and the meditation that came with it has had great consequence to my life. Even that minor bit of dedication to a "throwing" gave me a deeper respect for what the I Ching could be. I haven't returned to throwing with coins but then again I haven't used the sticks since either.

Digital Dragon's I Ching program won't shake up the world of I Ching scholarship. But for those who don't have the patience or time for using more traditional methods, this modest program does a good job of throwing a computerized I Ching. The "throwing" is accomplished by moving and clicking the mouse 6 times within a simulated lo-pan. The (uncredited) interpretations/translations are short and simple. For example, number twenty-eight, Ta Kuo, is interpreted as,

Preponderance of the Great. The ridgepole sags to the breaking point. It furthers one to have somewhere to go. Success.
Changing line interpretations are shown by clicking on the line. Results of the lo-pan and the text can be printed. Those interested in writing their own simple programs may want to look at how the writers effectively utilized the "help" section of Windows as the basis of Digital Dragon.

So its not the most complete program around. But hey! sometimes you just want to put your feet up on the desk and get a quick flash on what the I Ching has to say.

Installation was easy into Windows 3.11.


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