Annotation. The Book of Changes (Y1 J1ng, Chzou I) is the oldest text which is largely defining constructions of thoughts, system of values and algorithm of human behavior in the culture of Far East and South-Eastern Asia. The aim of the article is to determine the understanding of Mind as a human cognition in this authoritative text taking into account Russian interpretation which was made by Y. K. Shutsky. This issue, which has not always stressed by scientists, accelerates philosophical-worldview significance of Y1 J1ng and helps to recognize some aspects of how world famous representatives of cultural cluster of Far East and South-Eastern Asia understand the Mind. The object of this article is interpretation of mind in the Book of Changes, which is an authoritative philosophical monument of Ancient China. The author proves that this text has a philosophical origin, not only according to its content, but also in its type of interaction with the reader. There are defined some textual elements of the Book of Changes, which allow to reconstruct the interpretation of mind, in many aspects relevant to the modern cultural situation.

• Tatiana Bystrova(Professor of the Ural Federal University, Professor of the Ural State Pedagogical University, Ekaterinburg, Russian)