What is the difference between the Tao Te Ching and the Dao De Jing?

In English, the title is commonly rendered Tao Te Ching /?ta?ti??t???/, following Wade?Giles romanization, or Dao De Jing /?da?d??d???/, following pinyin. Thus, the Tao Te Ching can be translated as The Classic of the Way's Virtue(s), The Book of the Tao and Its Virtue, or The Book of the Way and of Virtue.

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And another question, is taoism a divination?

Taoism, also known as Daoism, arose about the same time as Confucianism. This religious and philosophical tradition of Taoism had its roots in the nature worship and divination of the earliest Chinese people. How do you pronounce Yijing?

What is Yijing in Chinese?

Yijing, (Chinese: "Classic of Changes" or "Book of Changes") Wade-Giles romanization I-Ching or Yi-Ching, also called Zhou Yi, an ancient Chinese text, one of the Five Classics (Wujing) of Confucianism. Who wrote the Yijing? Zhu Xi held that the Yijing was originally composed for the purpose of divination by the mythic sage Fuxi, who intended to create a system to aid decision making. The text's meaning, therefore, could not be captured by a single commentator; it would emerge for each person through the process of divination.

What is the yin yang of a coin?

Most translations that refer to the Chinese 3-coin method, such as the Wilhelm/Baynes translation, suggest that the side with an inscription (four Chinese characters on the left, top, right and bottom) is the "face" or "heads" and is Yin, or a value of 2. Accordingly, is the head yin or yang? Traditionally heads are counted as yang and tails as yin. The Yi Jing hexagram is built from the bottom up.