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
