Hexagrams of the I Ching / Yijing
易經
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Ch'ien / Qian |
乾 |
The Creative / Pure Yang |
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K'un / Kun | 坤 |
The Receptive / Pure Yin |
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Chun / Zhun | 屯 |
Difficulty at the Beginning / Birth Throes |
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Meng | 蒙 |
Youthful Folly / Juvenile Ignorance |
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Hsü / Xu | 需 |
Waiting (Nourishment) |
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Sung / Song | 訟 |
Conflict / Contention |
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Shih / Shi | 師 |
The Army |
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Pi / Bi | 比 |
Holding Together [Union] / Closeness |
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Hsiao-hsü / Xiaoxu | 小畜 |
The Taming Power of the Small / Lesser Domestication |
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Lü | 履 |
Treading [Conduct] |
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T'ai / Tai | 泰 |
Peace |
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P'i / Pi | 否 |
Standstill [Stagnation] / Obstruction |
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T'ung-jen / Tongren | 同人 |
Fellowship with Men / Fellowship |
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Ta-yu / Dayou | 大有 |
Possession in Great Measure / Great Holdings |
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Ch'ien / Qian | 謙 |
Modesty |
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Yü / Yu | 豫 |
Enthusiasm / Contentment |
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Sui | 隨 |
Following |
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Ku / Gu | 蠱 |
Work on what has been spoiled [Decay] / Ills to be Cured |
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Lin | 臨 |
Approach / Overseeing |
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Kuan / Guan | 觀 |
Contemplation (View) / Viewing |
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Shih-ho / Shihe | 噬嗑 |
Biting Through / Bite Together |
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Pi / Bi | 賁 |
Grace / Elegance |
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Po / Bo | 剝 |
Splitting Apart / Peeling |
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Fu | 復 |
Return (The Turning Point) |
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Wu-wang / Wuwang | 無妄 |
Innocence (The Unexpected) / No Errancy |
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Ta-hsu / Daxu | 大畜 |
The Taming Power of the Great / Great Domestication |
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I / Yi | 頤 |
Corners of the Mouth / Nourishment |
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Ta-kuo / Daguo | 大過 |
Preponderance of the Great / Major Superiority |
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K'an / Xikan | 坎/習坎 |
The Abysmal (Water) / The Constant Sinkhole |
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Li | 離 |
The Clinging, Fire / Cohesion |
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Hsien / Xian | 咸 |
Influence (Wooing) / Reciprocity |
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Heng | 恆 |
Duration / Perseverance |
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Tun / Dun | 遯 |
Retreat / Withdrawl |
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Ta-chuang / Dazhuang | 大壯 |
The Power of the Great / Great Strength |
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Chin / Jin | 晉 |
Progress / Advance |
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Ming-i / Mingyi | 明夷 |
Darkening of the Light / Suppression of the Light |
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Chia-jen / Jiaren | 家人 |
The Family [The Clan] |
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K'uei / Kui | 睽 |
Opposition / Contrariety |
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Chien / Jian | 蹇 |
Obstruction / Adversity |
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Hsieh / Xie | 解 |
Deliverance / Release |
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Sun | 損 |
Decrease / Diminution |
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I / Yi | 益 |
Increase |
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K'uai / Kuai | 夬 |
Break-through (Resoluteness) / Resolution |
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Kou / Gou | 姤 |
Coming to Meet / Encounter |
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Ts'ui / Cui | 萃 |
Gathering Together [Massing] / Gathering |
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Sheng | 升 |
Pushing Upward / Climbing |
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K'un / Kun | 困 |
Oppression (Exhaustion) / Impasse |
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Ching / Jing | 井 |
The Well |
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Ko / Ge | 革 |
Revolution (Molting) / Radical Change |
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Ting / Ding | 鼎 |
The Cauldron |
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Chen / Zhen | 震 |
The Arousing (Shock, Thunder) / Quake |
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Ken / Gen | 艮 |
Keeping Still, Mountain / Restraint |
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Chien / Jian | 漸 |
Development (Gradual Progress) / Gradual Advance |
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Kuei-mei / Guimei | 歸妹 |
The Marrying Maiden / Marrying Maid |
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Feng | 豐 |
Abundance [Fullness] |
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Lü | 旅 |
The Wanderer |
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Sun | 巽 |
The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind) / Compliance |
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Tui / Dui | 兌 |
The Joyous, Lake / Joy |
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Huan | 換 |
Dispersion [Dissolution] |
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Chieh / Jie | 節 |
Limitation / Control |
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Chung-fu / Zhongfu | 中孚 |
Inner Truth / Inner Trust |
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Hsiao-kuo / Xiaoguo | 小過 |
Preponderance of the Small / Minor Superiority |
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Chi-chi / Jiji | 既濟 |
After Completion / Ferrying Complete |
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Wei-chi / Weiji | 未濟 |
Before Completion / Ferrying Incomplete |
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1. Richard Wilhelm, The I Ching or Book of Changes, English trans. by Cary F. Baynes, 3rd ed. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967). |
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2. Richard John Lynn, The Classic of Changes (NY: Columbia University Press, 1994). |