I Ching

The I Ching (pronounced 'Yee King') or Book of Changes the greatest of the Chinese classics.

Trigram

Trigram	Name	Attributes	Image
	The Creative	strong, active	Heaven
	The Receptive	devoted, yielding	Earth
	The Arousing	inciting movement	Thunder
	The Abysmal	dangerous	Water
	Keeping Still	resting, calm, firm, quiet	Mountain
	The Gentle	penetrating, enduring	Wind, Wood
	The Clinging	light - giving, clarity	Fire
	The Joyous	joyousness	Lake

THE CONDITION
The hexagram represents the primal power of Yang: light-giving, active, strong, firm, of the spirit; energy unrestricted, durable.
This power is expressed, first, in the universe in the strong creative action of God and, second, in the human world in the creative action of the holy man or sage in awakening and developing men's higher nature.
The Creative is made manifest only through the effects of its activity.

THE JUDGMENT
Sublime success through perseverance. As creative power permeates all heaven: By clouds and rain all beings attain form, So the great man sees, with great clarity, causes and effects.
By persevering does he complete things in their due time. As the creative power brings forth form from the world of ideas, so the great man understands the meaning of the time.

The Image
The Image thoughts derived from the hexagram's image, or its attributes, in giving counsel to a wise man.

Degrees of Change
Six situations within overall condition. The Degrees set out six varieties of condition, often as a progressive development through the overall condition.

Each hexagram combines two trigrams: - a lower or inner trigram, an upper or outer trigram.

1. The Creative

2. The Receptive

3. Resolving Chaos

4. Immaturity ( Youthful Folly)

5. Waiting

6. Conflict

7. The Army

8. Holding Together (Union)

9. The Taming Power of the Gentle

10. Conduct (Comportment)

11. Peace (Contentment)

12. Standstill (Stagnation)

13. Fellowship

14. Possession in Great Measure

15. Modesty

16. Enthusiasm

17. Following

18. Removing Corruption (Decay)

19. Approach (Becoming Great)

20. Contemplation (View)

21. Biting Through (Judging)

22. Grace (Adornment)

23. Splitting Apart (Disintegration)

24. Return (The Turing Point)

25. Innocence

26. The Taming Power of the Great

27. Providing Nourishment

28. Great Heaviness

29. The Abysmal

30. The Clinging

31. Influence (Wooing)

32. Duration (Maariage)

33. Retreat (Withdrawal)

34. The Power of the Great

35. Easy Progress

36. Darkening of the Light

37. The Family (The Clan)

38. Opposition

39. Obstruction

40. Deliverance

41. Decrease

42. Increase

43. Break-through (Resoluteness)

44. Encountering (Coming to Meet)

45. Gathering Together

46. Pushing Upward

47. Oppression (Exhaustion)

48. The Well

49. Revolution (Fundamental Change)

50. The Great Bowl (Sacred Vessel)

51. The Arousing (Shock)

52. Keeping Still

53. Development (Gradual Progress)

54. The Marrying Maiden (Love)

55. Abundance (Fullness)

56. The Wanderer (The Seeker)

57. The Gentle (The Penetrating)

58. The Joyous

59. Dispersion (The Dissolving)

60. Limitation (Due Measure)

61. Inner Truth

62. Great Smallness

63. Order (After Completion)

64. Transition (Before Completion)