Hexagrams Chart
last edited: 5-23-06
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The solid line represents yang, the creative principle. The open line represents yin, the receptive principle. These principles are also represented in a common circular symbol, known as taijitu, but more commonly known in the west as the yin-yang diagram, expressing the idea of complementarity of changes: when Yang is at top, Yin is increasing, and the reverse.
In the following lists, the trigrams and hexagrams are represented using a common textual convention, horizontally from left to right, using '|' for yang and ':' for yin. Note, though, that the normal diagrammatic representation is to show the lines stacked vertically, from bottom to top (i.e. to visualize the actual trigrams or hexagrams, rotate the text counterclockwise 90°).
The first three lines of the hexagram, called the lower trigram, are seen as the inner aspect of the change that is occurring. The upper trigram (the last three lines of the hexagram), is the outer aspect. The change described is thus the dynamic of the inner (personal) aspect relating to the outer (external) situation. Thus, hexagram 04 :|:::| Enveloping, is composed of the inner trigram :|: Gorge, relating to the outer trigram ::| Bound.
Chart of trigrams
Upper↓__||| Chien__|:: Chen_:|: Kan_::| Ken__::: Kun__:|| Sun__|:| Li__||: Tui
||| Chien_____ 1_______3______5______26_____11______9____14____43
|:: Chen_____25______51______3______27_____24_____42____21____17
:|: Kan______ 6______40______29______4______7_____59____64____47
::| Ken______33______62_____39______52_____15_____53____56____31
::: Kun______12______16______8______23______2_____20____35____45
:|| Sun______44______32_____48______18_____46_____57____50____28
|:| Li ________13______55_____63______22_____36_____37____30____49
||: Tui_______10______54_____60______41_____19_____61____38____58
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