Philosophy

I Ching

The Book of ChangesBy Anonymous

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The I Ching, usually translated as Book of Changes, is an ancient Chinese divination text and among the oldest of the Chinese classics. Originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou period (1000–750 BC), over the course of the Warring States period and early imperial period (500–200 BC) it was transformed into a cosmological text with a series of philosophical commentaries known as the "Ten Wings". The I Ching is used in a type of divination called cleromancy, which uses apparently random numbers. Six numbers between 6 and 9 are turned into a hexagram, which can then be looked up in the text, in which hexagrams are arranged in an order known as the King Wen sequence. The interpretation of the readings found in the I Ching is a matter which has been endlessly discussed and debated over in the centuries following its compilation, and many commentators have used the book symbolically, often to provide guidance for moral decision making as informed by Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism.

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1PREFACE

42Hexagram XXXIII.33 Thun

2INTRODUCTION

43Hexagram XXXIV.34 Tâ Kwang

3CHAPTER I THE YÎ KING FROM THE TWELFTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA

44Hexagram XXXV.35 Ȝin

4CHAPTER II THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF THE TEXT. THE LINEAL FIGURES AND THE EXPLANATION OF THEM

45Hexagram XXXVI.36 Ming Î

5CHAPTER III THE APPENDIXES

46Hexagram XXXVII.37 Kiâ Zăn

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6PLATES I, II, III, EXHIBITING THE HEXAGRAMS AND TRIGRAMS

47Hexagram XXXVIII.38 Khwei

7THE TEXT

48Hexagram XXXIX.39 Kien

8SECTION I

49Hexagram XL.40 Kieh

9Hexagram I.1 Khien

50Hexagram XLI.41 Sun

10Hexagram II.2 Khwăn

51Hexagram XLII.42 Yî

11Hexagram III.3 Kun

52Hexagram XLIII.43 Kwâi

12Hexagram IV.4 Măng

53Hexagram XLIV.44 Kâu

13Hexagram V.5 Hsü

54Hexagram XLV.45 Ȝhui

14Hexagram VI.6 Sung

55Hexagram XLVI.46 Shăng

15Hexagram VII.7 Sze

56Hexagram XLVII.47 Khwăn

16Hexagram VIII.8 Pî

57Hexagram XLVIII.48 Ȝing Hexagram

17Hexagram IX.9 Hsiâo Khû

58Hexagram XLIX.49 Ko

18Hexagram X.10 Lî

59Hexagram L.50 Ting

19Hexagram XI.11 Thâi

60Hexagram LI.51 Kăn

20Hexagram XII.12 Phî

61Hexagram LII.52 Kăn

21Hexagram XIII.13 Thung Zăn

62Hexagram LIII.53 Kien

22Hexagram XIV.14 Tâ Yû

63Hexagram LIV.54 Kwei Mei

23Hexagram XV.15 Khien

64Hexagram LV.55 Făng

24Hexagram XVI.16 Yü

65Hexagram LVI.56 Lü

25Hexagram XVII.17 Sui

66Hexagram LVII.57 Sun

26Hexagram XVIII.18 Kû

67Hexagram LVIII.58 Tui

27Hexagram XIX.19 Lin

68Hexagram LIX.59 Hwân

28Hexagram XX.20 Kwân

69Hexagram LX.60 Kieh

29Hexagram XXI.21 Shih Ho

70Hexagram LXI.61 Kung Fû

30Hexagram XXII.22 Pî

71Hexagram LXII.62 Hsiâo Kwo

31Hexagram XXIII.23 Po

72Hexagram LXIII.63 Kî Ȝî

32Hexagram XXIV.24 Fû

73Hexagram LXIV.64 Wei Ȝî

33Hexagram XXV.25 Wû Wang

74THE APPENDIXES

34Hexagram XXVI.26 Tâ Khû

75APPENDIX I Treatise on the Thwan1, or King Wăn&#x27;s Explanations of the Entire Hexagrams

35Hexagram XXVII.27 Î

76APPENDIX II Treatise on the Symbolism of the Hexagrams, and of the Duke of Kâu&#x27;s Explanations of the Several Lines1 (pt. 1)

36Hexagram XXVIII.28 Tâ Kwo

77APPENDIX II Treatise on the Symbolism of the Hexagrams, and of the Duke of Kâu&#x27;s Explanations of the Several Lines1 (pt. 2)

37Hexagram XXIX.29 Khan

78APPENDIX III The Great Appendix

38Hexagram XXX.30 Lî

79APPENDIX IV Supplementary to the Thwan and Yâo on the First and Second Hexagrams, and Showing How They May Be Interpreted of Man&#x27;s Nature and Doings1

39SECTION II

80APPENDIX V Treatise of Remarks on the Trigrams

40Hexagram XXXI.31 Hsien

81APPENDIX VI The Orderly Sequence of the Hexagrams1

41Hexagram XXXII.32 Hăng

82APPENDIX VII Treatise on the Hexagrams Taken Promiscuously, According to the Opposition or Diversity of Their Meaning