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The Sixty-Four HexagramsKING WEN ORDER

Lexicon

The sixty-four hexagrams are an atlas of situations, each built from six broken or unbroken lines. Open any one to read the classical text and a plain modern reading.

Qián The Creative

Kūn The Receptive

Zhūn Initial Difficulty

Méng Youthful Folly

Bǐ Holding Together

Xiǎo Xù Small Accumulation

Tóng Rén Fellowship

Dà Yǒu Great Possession

Gǔ Work on the Spoiled

Guān Contemplation

Shì Kè Biting Through

Bō Splitting Apart

Wú Wàng Innocence

Dà Xù Great Accumulation

Yí Nourishment

Dà Guò Great Excess

Kǎn The Abysmal

Lí The Clinging

Xián Attraction

Dà Zhuàng Great Strength

Míng Yí Darkening of the Light

Jiā Rén The Family

Kuí Opposition

Jiǎn Obstruction

Xiè Deliverance

Guài Breakthrough

Cuì Gathering Together

Shēng Pushing Upward

Kùn Oppression

Dǐng The Cauldron

Zhèn The Arousing

Gèn Keeping Still

Jiàn Gradual Progress

Guī Mèi The Marrying Maiden

Fēng Abundance

Lǚ The Wanderer

Xùn The Gentle

Duì The Joyous

Huàn Dispersion

Jié Limitation

Zhōng Fú Inner Truth

Xiǎo Guò Small Excess

Jì Jì After Completion

Wèi Jì Before Completion