Yì Jīng
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Yì Jīng (I Ching; Chinese: 易经, "Classic of Changes", Book of Changes) is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts, detailing a divination system based on 64 hexagrams (guà; 卦), said to have been composed by Fú Xī (Fu Hsi; Chinese: 伏羲), first of the Three Sovereigns (sānhuáng, 三皇) of ancient China.
Symbols
Trigrams
| Bāguà (八卦) — the eight trigrams | |||||||
| ☰ | ☱ | ☲ | ☳ | ☴ | ☵ | ☶ | ☷ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qián (乾) | Duì (兌) | Lí (離) | Zhèn (震) | Xùn (巽) | Kǎn (坎) | Gèn (艮) | Kūn (坤) |
| Tiān (天) | Zé (澤(泽)) | Huǒ (火) | Léi (雷 ) | Fēng (風(风)) | Shuǐ (水) | Shān (山) | Dì (地) |
| Heaven/Sky | Lake/Marsh | Fire | Thunder | Wind | Water | Mountain | Earth |
Hexagrams
| Yì Jīng hexagrams | |||||||
| ䷀ | ䷁ | ䷂ | ䷃ | ䷄ | ䷅ | ䷆ | ䷇ |
| 1 The Creative Heaven |
2 The Receptive Earth |
3 Difficulty at the Beginning |
4 Youthful Folly |
5 Waiting |
6 Conflict |
7 The Army |
8 Holding Together |
| ䷈ | ䷉ | ䷊ | ䷋ | ䷌ | ䷍ | ䷎ | ䷏ |
| 9 Small Taming |
10 Treading (Conduct) |
11 Peace |
12 Standstill |
13 Fellowship |
14 Great Possession |
15 Modesty |
16 Enthusiasm |
| ䷐ | ䷑ | ䷒ | ䷓ | ䷔ | ䷕ | ䷖ | ䷗ |
| 17 Following |
18 Work on the Decayed |
19 Approach |
20 Contemplation |
21 Biting Through |
22 Grace |
23 Splitting Apart |
24 Return |
| ䷘ | ䷙ | ䷚ | ䷛ | ䷜ | ䷝ | ䷞ | ䷟ |
| 25 Innocence |
26 Great Taming |
27 Mouth Corners |
28 Great Preponderance |
29 The Abysmal Water |
30 The Clinging Fire |
31 Influence |
32 Duration |
| ䷠ | ䷡ | ䷢ | ䷣ | ䷤ | ䷥ | ䷦ | ䷧ |
| 33 Retreat |
34 Great Power |
35 Progress |
36 Darkening of the Light |
37 The Family |
38 Opposition |
39 Obstruction |
40 Deliverance |
| ䷨ | ䷩ | ䷪ | ䷫ | ䷬ | ䷭ | ䷮ | ䷯ |
| 41 Decrease |
42 Increase |
43 Breakthrough |
44 Coming to Meet |
45 Gathering Together |
46 Pushing Upward |
47 Oppression |
48 The Well |
| ䷰ | ䷱ | ䷲ | ䷳ | ䷴ | ䷵ | ䷶ | ䷷ |
| 49 Revolution |
50 The Cauldron |
51 The Arousing Thunder |
52 The Keeping Still Mountain |
53 Development |
54 The Marrying Maiden |
55 Abundance |
56 The Wanderer |
| ䷸ | ䷹ | ䷺ | ䷻ | ䷼ | ䷽ | ䷾ | ䷿ |
| 57 The Gentle Wind |
58 The Joyous Lake |
59 Dispersion |
60 Limitation |
61 Inner Truth |
62 Small Preponderance |
63 After Completion |
64 Before Completion |
Resources
Books
- The I Ching (or Book of Changes, Wilhelm-Baynes translation), Princeton University Press, 1967, https://amzn.to/2aOS8LG — the definitive English translation
Websites
- Yijing Dao - Calling crane in the shade (biroco.com) — reviews of translations and introductory materials for beginners to Yijing