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"Once upon a time, perhaps even an aeon ago, in a land now become a myth, a young man sat in deep reverie beside a great river. Although this river no longer exists today, legend tells us that its descendant may well be the great Yangtze River which flows through the heart of the land now known as China. Our young man gazed out upon the sinuous, soft waves as they lapped the shores by his feet, when all of a sudden a small turtle emerged from the great green mother lode, and drawing itself proudly out of the water, sat down beside him to share his gentle contemplation.

For some considerable time neither party spoke, until finally our young man, evidently on the cusp of some great universal epiphany, exclaimed to the little turtle in a great and wondrous sigh: 'Ahh little one, what's it all about then...?'

Rather to his surprise, the turtle revolved in a half circle and nonchalantly turned its back on the young man, whilst continuing to sun itself lazily and silently.

The young man gazed intently at the little creature's back and the intricate interlocking patterns and plates of its shell drying in the spring sunshine. As he gazed, a strange thing began to occur to him — the more he looked, the more he understood the nature of his question. And so it was that he gave himself up to the moment and gazed with all his heart at the little turtle's back. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, everything began to evanesce and disappear — first the turtle, then the cosmos, and finally the young man himself. It is said that when the young man regained consciousness several hours later the turtle was gone.

Ever since that day humanity has had a means of understanding every aspect within the universe. It was discovered in the interlacing patterns on a humble turtle's back — and in time it became arguably the most profound knowledge ever discovered by a human being. It became The I Ching."