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易 經 Yi Jing Introduction – I Ching, the Book of Changes

This famous system of 64 hexagrams plus their commentaries and trans­for­mations is at the root of Chinese thought. Tr. Wilhelm (en, fr).

































































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03×04 05×06 07×08
09-10 11×12 13×14
15-16 17-18 19-20
21-22 23-24 25-26
27¬28 29¬30
31-32 33-34
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37-38 39-40 41-42
43-44 45-46 47-48
49-50 51-52 53-54
55-56 57-58 59-60
61¬62 63¬64

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Trigrams

乾 Ch´ien, the Creative strong heaven father
坤 K´un, the Receptive devoted yielding earth mother
震 Chên, the Arousing inciting movement thunder first son
坎 K´an, the Abysmal dangerous water second son
艮 Kên, Keeping Still resting mountain third son
巽 Sun, the Gentle penetrating wind, wood first daughter
離 Li, the Clinging light-giving fire second daughter
兌 Tui, the Joyous joyful lake third daughter

Hexagrams


乾 Ch'ien / The Creative 01

坤 K'un / The Receptive 02

屯 Chun / Difficulty at the Beginning 03

蒙 Mêng / Youthful Folly 04

需 Hsü / Waiting (Nourishment) 05

訟 Sung / Conflict 06

師 Shih / The Army 07

比 Pi / Holding Together [Union] 08

小 畜 Hsiao Ch'u / The Taming Power of the Small 09

履 Lü / Treading [Conduct] 10

泰 T'ai / Peace 11

否 P'i / Standstill [Stagnation] 12

同 人 T'ung Jên / Fellowship with Men 13

大 有 Ta Yu / Possession in Great Measure 14

謙 Ch'ien / Modesty 15

豫 Yü / Enthusiasm 16

隨 Sui / Following 17

蠱 Ku / Work on What Has Been Spoiled [Decay] 18

臨 Lin / Approach 19

觀 Kuan / Contemplation (View) 20

噬 嗑 Shih Ho / Biting Through 21

賁 Pi / Grace 22

剝 Po / Splitting Apart 23

復 Fu / Return (The Turning Point) 24

無 妄 Wu Wang / Innocence (The Unexpected) 25

大 畜 Ta Ch'u / The Taming Power of the Great 26

頤 I / Corners of the Mouth (Providing Nourishment) 27

大 過 Ta Kuo / Preponderance of the Great 28

坎 K'an / The Abysmal (Water) 29

離 Li / The Clinging, Fire 30

咸 Hsien / Influence (Wooing) 31

恆 Hêng / Duration 32

遯 TUN / Retreat 33

大 壯 Ta Chuang / The Power of the Great 34

晉 Chin / Progress 35

明 夷 Ming I / Darkening of the Light 36

家 人 Chia Jên / The Family [The Clan] 37

睽 K'uei / Opposition 38

蹇 Chien / Obstruction 39

解 Hsieh / Deliverance 40

損 Sun / Decrease 41

益 I / Increase 42

夬 Kuai / Break-through (Resoluteness) 43

姤 Kou / Coming to Meet 44

萃 Ts'ui / Gathering Together [Massing] 45

升 Shêng / Pushing Upward 46

困 K'un / Oppression (Exhaustion) 47

井 Ching / The Well 48

革 Ko / Revolution (Molting) 49

鼎 Ting / The Caldron 50

震 Chên / The Arousing (Shock, Thunder) 51

艮 Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain 52

漸 Chien / Development (Gradual Progress) 53

歸 妹 Kuei Mei / The Marrying Maiden 54

豐 Fêng / Abundance [Fullness] 55

旅 Lü / The Wanderer 56

巽 Sun / The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind) 57

兌 Tui / The Joyous, Lake 58

渙 Huan / Dispersion [Dissolution] 59

節 Chieh / Limitation 60

中 孚 Chung Fu / Inner Truth 61

小 過 Hsiao Kuo / Preponderance of the Small 62

既 濟 Chi Chi / After Completion 63

未 濟 Wei Chi / Before Completion 64
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