Before Confucianism there was the Mandate of Heaven and the Classic of Changes. The Mandate was led by the Zhou dynasty (1122 BC - 256 B.C.). This doctrine asserted the ruler’s accountability to a supreme moral force that guides the human community. The Mandate caused a lot of internally fighting amongst dynasties because it decriminalized constant rebellions. The Classic of Changes was published in the 9th BC and was said to be have complied by a mythical hero Fu Xi. These were sets of six parallel lines either broken or unbroken. Within 64 hexagrams the focuses of the Classic were accepting change, balance of opposites, and processes. Each of the 64 resulting figures was given its specific connotations, which could be used in fortunetelling.
