From e0c6872cf40896c7be36b11dcc744620f10adf1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 13:46:59 +0900 Subject: Initial commit --- fonts/iching/iching_README | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 fonts/iching/iching_README (limited to 'fonts/iching/iching_README') diff --git a/fonts/iching/iching_README b/fonts/iching/iching_README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dd1ad54914 --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts/iching/iching_README @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ + iching.tex + + + Iching.tex is a latex program to print out divinations +from the I Ching. + + The counter \hexagram has a value in the range 1 - 64, +and is used to select a call to the macro \interpret. + + \interpret takes 9 arguments: + +1) Transliteration of the chinese name of the hexagram, +2) English translation of the chinese name, +3) Interpretation of the hexagram according to King Wen, +4-9) Interpretation of the 6 change lines, according to + Tan, Duke of Chou. + + The \interpret macro given is based on the simplified +Pa Ch'ien method, where special significance is accorded +only to one line in the hexagram, selected via the counter +\changeline. The more complex systems, involving moving +lines and alternate hexagrams, etc, could be simulated by +replacing \interpret with a more complex version. + + The package uses the font iching60, a metafont source +for which is in iching.mf. In order to find the appropriate +characters from this font, two further counters are used, +hexachar (which is set to 64 + \hexagram) and clchar +(200 + \changeline). + +---------------------------------------------------------- + + Alan M Stanier, Computing Service, Essex Univerity +(alan@essex.ac.uk) + -- cgit v1.2.3