I Ching: Book of Changes

The Complete I Ching: All 64 Hexagrams Explained

The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is a three-thousand-year-old Chinese classic of guidance and change. This reference explains every one of the 64 hexagrams and the 8 trigrams they are built from - and shows you how to cast your own reading.

The 64 Hexagrams

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

The 8 Trigrams (Bagua)

乾 Heaven
Qian
兌 Lake
Dui
離 Fire
Li
震 Thunder
Zhen
巽 Wind
Xun
坎 Water
Kan
艮 Mountain
Gen
坤 Earth
Kun

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