The Yijing is organized as a set of 64 unique figures, each composed of six stacked lines (yao). These lines can either be solid (Yang) or yielding (Yin). Each hexagram is formed by combining two trigrams, which are the upper and lower groups of three lines. The hexagrams represent various situations, transformations and states in life.
Hexagram App
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乾
qián
䷀
Initiating
Trigrams:
乾☰Creative
乾☰Creative
Our Commentary:
All solid lines, all yang, all creative.This hexagram begins King Wen’s sequence, embodying the essence of solid lines—pure yang, pure creativity.Its image is that of the eastern dragon, a powerful force of nature, whose movements bring wind and thunder.It represents the sun at its zenith, radiating strength and the drive to set things into motion. This hexagram is not receptive; it is all action, a cup already full.It introduces the first lesson of the Yijing: initiative and response; for every inside, there is an outside.Only through contrast can things truly exist and be understood.
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Opposite
Solid lines change to Yielding. Yielding lines change to Solid.
䷁
2 Responding
Inverted
The upper trigram moves down. The lower trigram moves up.
䷀
1 Initiating
Mirrored
Hexagram is flipped upside down.
䷀
1 Initiating
Nuclear
Composed of the trigrams present in the inner lines 2-3-4 and 3-4-5.
䷀
1 Initiating
The core text of the Yijing: The Changes of Zhōu, written circa 800BC.
