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This project maps the Yijing (YJ) symbolic space to its spectromorphological (SM) counterpart, with the goal of further substantiating the ontological terrain and primary categories of sonic states and transformations. Spectromorphology emerged out of an empirical/phenomenological method as bound to sonic material, while later being shaped by categorical, symbolic, and historical considerations. The Yijing arose from a much more historical and abstract description of the states and processes of change itself, independent of material or contextual application – determining its object or context at the time of reading or consultation. In this paper, we touch on a very few of the general concepts that orientate the study.