The 64 I Ching hexagrams
Each hexagram is a figure of six solid or broken lines. Browse them in the traditional King Wen order, with the classical Judgment and Image, our English rendering, and a modern explanation.
Hexagrams are built from the bottom line upward. The library describes the figures; a cast also includes the changing lines and your question.
How changing lines work- 1. Creative Force
- 2. Receptive Earth
- 3. Difficult Beginnings
- 4. Inexperience
- 5. Waiting
- 6. Conflict
- 7. The Army
- 8. Holding Together
- 9. Small Taming
- 10. Treading Carefully
- 11. Peace
- 12. Standstill
- 13. Fellowship
- 14. Great Harvest
- 15. Modesty
- 16. Enthusiasm
- 17. Following
- 18. Repair
- 19. Approach
- 20. Contemplation
- 21. Biting Through
- 22. Adornment
- 23. Stripping Away
- 24. Return
- 25. Innocence
- 26. Great Taming
- 27. Nourishment
- 28. Great Exceeding
- 29. Deep Water
- 30. Radiance
- 31. Attraction
- 32. Constancy
- 33. Retreat
- 34. Great Strength
- 35. Progress
- 36. Hidden Light
- 37. The Family
- 38. Opposition
- 39. Obstruction
- 40. Release
- 41. Decrease
- 42. Increase
- 43. Breakthrough
- 44. Encounter
- 45. Gathering
- 46. Growing Upward
- 47. Adversity
- 48. The Well
- 49. Revolution
- 50. The Cauldron
- 51. Thunder
- 52. Keeping Still
- 53. Gradual Development
- 54. The Marrying Maiden
- 55. Abundance
- 56. The Wanderer
- 57. Gentle Wind
- 58. Joy
- 59. Dispersion
- 60. Moderation
- 61. Inner Truth
- 62. Small Exceeding
- 63. After Completion
- 64. Before Completion