ABSTRACT

Centred on the study of sixty-four 6-line figures (The Hexagrams) representing the yin and yang of the ten thousand things under Heaven, The Classic of Changes or I Ching is one of the oldest books in the world. In this revisioning of the I Ching, the author explores the processes of change and balance as reflected in the hexagrams for the contemporary reader.

part |223 pages

The Hexagrams

chapter 1|5 pages

Ch'ien / The Creative, Heaven

chapter 2|4 pages

K'un / The Receptive, Earth

chapter 3|4 pages

Chun / Difficulty at the Beginning

chapter 4|3 pages

Mêng / Youthful Folly

chapter 5|4 pages

Hsü / Waiting (Nourishment)

chapter 6|3 pages

Sung / Conflict

chapter 7|3 pages

Shih / The Army

chapter 8|3 pages

Pi / Holding Together (Union)

chapter 10|4 pages

Lü / Treading (Conduct)

chapter 11|3 pages

T'ai / Peace

chapter 12|3 pages

P'i / Standstill

chapter 13|3 pages

T'ung Jên / Fellowship

chapter 14|3 pages

Ta Yu / Possession in Great Measure

chapter 15|4 pages

Ch'ien / Modesty

chapter 16|4 pages

Yü / Enthusiasm

chapter 17|4 pages

Sui / Following (Tracking)

chapter 18|4 pages

Ku / Work on What Has Been Spoiled (Decay)

chapter 19|3 pages

Lin / Approach

chapter 20|4 pages

Kuan / Contemplation (View)

chapter 21|4 pages

Shih Ho / Biting Through

chapter 22|4 pages

Pi / Grace

chapter 24|3 pages

Fu / Return (The Turning Point)

chapter 25|4 pages

Wu Wang / Innocence (The Unexpected)

chapter 26|3 pages

Ta Chu / The Taming Power of the Great

chapter 28|3 pages

Ta Kuo / Preponderance of the Great

chapter 30|3 pages

Li / The Clinging, Fire

chapter 31|3 pages

Hsien / Influence (Wooing)

chapter 32|3 pages

Hêng / Duration

chapter 33|3 pages

Tun / Retreat

chapter 34|4 pages

Ta Chuang / The Power of the Great

chapter 35|3 pages

Chin / Progress

chapter 37|4 pages

Chia Jên / The Family (The Clan)

chapter 38|4 pages

K'uei / Opposition

chapter 39|3 pages

Chien / Obstruction

chapter 40|4 pages

Hsieh / Deliverance

chapter 41|4 pages

Sun / Decrease

chapter 42|3 pages

I / Increase

chapter 43|4 pages

Kuai / Breakthrough (Resoluteness)

chapter 44|4 pages

Kou / Coming To Meet

chapter 45|3 pages

Ts'ui / Gathering Together

chapter 46|4 pages

Shêng / Pushing Upward

chapter 47|4 pages

K'un / Oppression (Exhaustion)

chapter 48|4 pages

Ching / The Well

chapter 49|4 pages

Ko / Revolution (Moulting)

chapter 50|4 pages

Ting / The Cauldron

chapter 51|3 pages

Chên / The Arousing, Thunder

chapter 52|4 pages

Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain

chapter 53|3 pages

Chien / Development (Gradual Progress)

chapter 54|3 pages

Kuei Mei / The Marrying Maiden

chapter 55|3 pages

Fêng / Abundance

chapter 56|3 pages

Lü / The Wanderer (The Outsider)

chapter 57|4 pages

Sun / The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind)

chapter 58|4 pages

Tui / The Joyous, Lake

chapter 59|3 pages

Huan / Dispersion

chapter 60|3 pages

Chieh / Limitation

chapter 61|3 pages

Chung Fu / Inner Truth

chapter 62|3 pages

Hsiao Kuo / Preponderance of the Small

chapter 63|3 pages

Chi Chi / After Completion

chapter 64|3 pages

Wei Chi / Before Completion