IntroductiontotheYijing

TheNameYi易-change,exchange,easy,lizardJing經-classicbook,scripturewithsignificance

HistoricalTimeline

• 2600BCE-FuXicreatestheBagua.• 1400BCE-ShangDynasty–OracleBonesareusedfordivination.• 770BCE-ZhouYiisusedfordivination.• 550BCE-ConfuciuspopularizestheuseoftheZhouYi.• 168BCE-MawangduiSilkTextareentombed.• 136BCE-ZhouYiiscanonized-jingsuffixadded-YiJing.• 2BCE–Moretextisadded-the“GreatImage”and“ImageText”.• 1900CE-OracleBonesarediscovered.• 1973CE–MawangduiSilkTextsarediscovered.

DissectingaHexagramYIN YANGDark LightFeminine MasculineReceptive&Submissive Creative&DominantFlexible FirmTheEarth&Ground TheHeaven&SkyUnderstanding WisdomMystery ClaritySpace&Mass Time&Energy

SmallImages

WATER WOOD METAL FIRE

Water Earth Air Fire

North East West South

Winter Spring Autumn Summer

OldYin YoungYang YoungYin OldYang

ToDare ToKeepSilent ToKnowHow ToWill

TheMan TheBull TheEagle TheLion

Liquid Solid Gas Plasma

TrigramsofEarth

000EARTH(GreaterEarth)坤KunTheReceptiveAcceptingYoni

001MOUNTAIN(LesserEarth)艮GenKeepingStillStillnessEarth

TrigramsofWater

010WATER(GreaterWater)坎KanTheAbysmalExposureMoon

110LAKE(LesserWater)兌DuiTheJoyousSatisfactionWater

TrigramsofFire

100THUNDER(LesserFire)震ZhenTheArousingArousalFire

101FIRE(GreaterFire)離LiTheClingingArisingSun

TrigramsofAir

011WOOD/WIND(LesserAir)巽XunTheGentleAdaptationAir

111HEAVEN(GreaterAir)乾QianTheCreativeCreatingLingam

UpperTrigramofaHexagram• OutsideofSelf• Universal• Broadening• MacroPicture

LowerTrigramofaHexagram

• InsidetheSelf• Personal• Centering• MicroPicture

TheBodyinHexagramLinesTop/6th–Head5th–Neck,Mouth,UpperBack4th–Arms,Hands,Heart3rd–Stomach,Heart2nd–Thighs,LegsInitial/1st–FeetMethodsofDivination

• 3Coins• 50YarrowStalks• 8SidedDie• 16Marbles• Bibliomancy• FlashCards• OnlineGenerators• Staves• Instinct

YinandYangLinesofaReading6=OldYin--------ChangestoYang7=YoungYang8=YoungYin9=OldYang--------ChangestoYin

WhatTexttouseinaReadingInitialHexagram:

• ImageText• JudgmentText• TextorLinesthatChanged

ResultantHexagram:• ImageText• JudgmentText

ToolsforInterpretation

• TrigramPositions• ShapeofHexagram• WhichLinesChange• TheText

• ChineseSymbolism• PersonalAssociations

• EstablishingaCoreMeaningforeachHexagram• UsingVariousTranslations• ComingupwithyourownKeyWords

• InstinctandGutFeelings• GoingbacktothecontextoftheInquiry

OtherUsesandPractices

• CreateExercises• AHexagramaDay

• KeepaJournal• Createastorehouseofassociations

• UsingtheSymbols–Trigrams,Hexagrams,Language• ForMeditation• InArt• AsaTalismanorPointofIntention• InRitual

OnlineResources:HilaryBarrett-ClarityOnlinehttp://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/index.phpWilhelmOnlinehttp://www.akirarabelais.com/i/i.htmlCrowleyOnlinehttp://hermetic.com/crowley/libers/lib216.htmlRussellCottrellhttp://www.russellcottrell.com/VirtualYarrowStalks/index.aspLiseHeyboarhttp://www.yijing.nl/i_ching/index.htmlHarmenMeskerhttp://www.yjcn.nl/wp/ChineseTextProjecthttp://ctext.org/book-of-changesBradfordHatcher–GuaMing http://www.hermetica.info/GuaMing.htmBradfordHatcher–MainSite http://www.hermetica.info/RichardSear’sChineseEtymology http://www.chineseetymology.org/

Translations:AleisterCrowley-TheYiKingAlfredHuang-CompleteIChingBradfordHatcher-TheBookofChangesVol.1&2CharlesPonce-TheNatureoftheIChingDianaFfaringtonHook-TheIChingandYouEdwardShaughnessy-TheCompositionoftheZhouyiGregoryRichter-IChing/YiJingGeaTung-MetaphorandAnalogyintheIChingHilaryBarrett-IChingHuaChingNi-TheBookofChangesandTheUnchangingTruthJackBalkin-TheLawsofChangeJohnBlofeld-IChing-TheBookofChangeJamesLegge-IChingRichardBertschinger-Yijing,ShamanicOracleofChinaRichardKunst-OriginalYijingRichardWilhemandCaryF.Baynes-IChing-TheBookofChangesRichardLynn-TheClassicofChangeJaneSchorre/CarrinDunne-YijingWonderingandWanderingStephenKarcher-IChing:ClassicChineseOracleofChangeStevenKarcher-TheElementsoftheIChingThomasCleary-BuddhistIChing(Infileslistedbelow)WuJingNuan-YiJing