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In the article the author raises the problem of classification of nuclear centric categories of Chinese philosophy in the main philosophical work of Chinese civilization "Book of Changes" and in the “Great Commentary”. On the basis of the author's mathematical analysis of the frequency of use of all 28 of the ontological categories in the "Book of Changes" and in the “Great Commentary”, a completely new classification model of Chinese philosophy concepts was developed. The author analyzes the etymology of all 28 terms, explores the graphic characteristics of the elements, draws parallels to the use of these terms in other philosophical works.