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The sixty-four hexagrams

Every reading begins with one of sixty-four ancient figures of change. Meet them here — their names, their judgments, their moving lines.

  1. 1 The Creative 乾
  2. 2 The Receptive 坤
  3. 3 Difficulty at the Beginning 屯
  4. 4 Youthful Folly 蒙
  5. 5 Waiting 需
  6. 6 Conflict 訟
  7. 7 The Army 師
  8. 8 Holding Together 比
  9. 9 The Taming Power of the Small 小畜
  10. 10 Treading 履
  11. 11 Peace 泰
  12. 12 Standstill 否
  13. 13 Fellowship 同人
  14. 14 Possession in Great Measure 大有
  15. 15 Modesty 謙
  16. 16 Enthusiasm 豫
  17. 17 Following 隨
  18. 18 Work on What Has Been Spoiled 蠱
  19. 19 Approach 臨
  20. 20 Contemplation 觀
  21. 21 Biting Through 噬嗑
  22. 22 Grace 賁
  23. 23 Splitting Apart 剝
  24. 24 Return 復
  25. 25 Innocence 無妄
  26. 26 The Taming Power of the Great 大畜
  27. 27 Nourishment 頤
  28. 28 Preponderance of the Great 大過
  29. 29 The Abysmal 坎
  30. 30 The Clinging 離
  31. 31 Influence 咸
  32. 32 Duration 恆
  33. 33 Retreat 遯
  34. 34 The Power of the Great 大壯
  35. 35 Progress 晉
  36. 36 Darkening of the Light 明夷
  37. 37 The Family 家人
  38. 38 Opposition 睽
  39. 39 Obstruction 蹇
  40. 40 Deliverance 解
  41. 41 Decrease 損
  42. 42 Increase 益
  43. 43 Break-through 夬
  44. 44 Coming to Meet 姤
  45. 45 Gathering Together 萃
  46. 46 Pushing Upward 升
  47. 47 Oppression 困
  48. 48 The Well 井
  49. 49 Revolution 革
  50. 50 The Cauldron 鼎
  51. 51 The Arousing 震
  52. 52 Keeping Still 艮
  53. 53 Development 漸
  54. 54 The Marrying Maiden 歸妹
  55. 55 Abundance 豐
  56. 56 The Wanderer 旅
  57. 57 The Gentle 巽
  58. 58 The Joyous 兌
  59. 59 Dispersion 渙
  60. 60 Limitation 節
  61. 61 Inner Truth 中孚
  62. 62 Preponderance of the Small 小過
  63. 63 After Completion 既濟
  64. 64 Before Completion 未濟