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Sixty-four basic patterns of change, in the classical King Wen sequence. Each with its own interpretation: the essence of the situation, a path of action, a lesson, and a question to sit with.
1 · 乾
Heaven
2 · 坤
Earth
3 · 屯
Difficulty at the beginning
4 · 蒙
Youthful inexperience
5 · 需
Waiting
6 · 訟
Conflict
7 · 師
The army
8 · 比
Holding together
9 · 小畜
Small taming
10 · 履
Treading
11 · 泰
Peace
12 · 否
Standstill
13 · 同人
Fellowship with people
14 · 大有
Great possession
15 · 謙
Modesty
16 · 豫
Enthusiasm
17 · 隨
Following
18 · 蠱
Repairing what has spoiled
19 · 臨
Approach
20 · 觀
Contemplation / Looking
21 · 噬嗑
Biting through / Breakthrough
22 · 賁
Adorning / Grace
23 · 剝
Falling apart
24 · 復
Return
25 · 無妄
Innocence
26 · 大畜
Great taming
27 · 頤
Nourishment
28 · 大過
Great excess
29 · 坎
The abyss
30 · 離
Dependence / Clinging
31 · 咸
Mutual influence
32 · 恆
Duration
33 · 遯
Retreat
34 · 大壯
Great power
35 · 晉
Progress
36 · 明夷
Darkened light
37 · 家人
The family
38 · 睽
Divergence
39 · 蹇
Obstruction
40 · 解
Release
41 · 損
Decrease
42 · 益
Increase
43 · 夬
Breakthrough
44 · 姤
Unexpected encounter
45 · 萃
Gathering
46 · 升
Ascending
47 · 困
Exhaustion
48 · 井
The well
49 · 革
Revolution
50 · 鼎
The cauldron
51 · 震
Shock
52 · 艮
Stillness
53 · 漸
Gradual development
54 · 歸妹
Uncertain position
55 · 豐
Abundance
56 · 旅
The wanderer
57 · 巽
Gentle influence
58 · 兌
Joy
59 · 渙
Dispersion
60 · 節
Limitation
61 · 中孚
Inner truth
62 · 小過
Small excess
63 · 既濟
Already completed
64 · 未濟
Not yet completed
易
The classical deep dive for this hexagram — the Judgment and the Image after Richard Wilhelm — along with the texts of all six changing lines, is in the book. Get the book
卦
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