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                            YI-JING 易 經

Yi-jing (pronounced in English as Ye-ching, meaning      
Classic of Changes) is the oldest of the ancient Four Books
and Five Classics of China, attributed to Wen Wang 文 王, the
father of the founding King of Zhou Dynasty 周 朝 in 1046 BC.
It was a book intended to contain divine oracles used by kings
and rulers who consulted it to deliberate decisions and time the
actions to be taken where necessary. It contained 64 Images
with a chapter devoted to each.

Yin and Yang        

The Images were derived from two basic symbols, the yin and
the yang. The Yin 陰 was symbolized by a broken line, thus
and the Yang 陽 symbolized by an unbroken line, thus. As
commonly known, the Yin represented the feminine, the
negativity in the universe and the Yang represented the
masculine and the positive elements. It would be easier to
understand this concept if one were to consider the
basic
building block of all matters, the atom. The atom contains
electrons with negative ions which are matched by the same
number in protons with positive ions. The discovery of anti-
matters in the universe further strengthens this concept.

If one is familiar with the Morse code, the dot . and the dash – ,
the different combinations of which represented the 26
alphabets of the English language, one would easily
understand the yin and the yang symbols. The only difference
is that they are not read in horizontal sequence but put one on
top of the other to form a logograph. Another ready analogy is
the computer and digital concept. The component numbers are
either 0 or 1. It is the designed sequence of these 2 numbers
that ultimately define anything represented by them.

The Ba-gua  八 卦

Before the Yi-jing was compiled over three millennia ago, it
was commonly believed that the “Eight Images” already
existed, popularly known as “Ba-gua” attributed to Fu Xi  伏  
羲  who was a legendary ruler preceding Yan Di 炎 帝.  What
are the “Eight images or Ba-gua 八 卦 ”? There is no doubt in
the Chinese mind what is “ Ba-gua” and what each “Gua 卦 ”
would look like, but for the Western mind, it can be described
as a “Trigram”, that is a logograph constituted by 3 lines
(either broken, the yin, or unbroken, the yang) one on top of
the other and the greatest possible permutation is eight. I.e. in
the following formations:

____
____         Qian        乾     
____

_    _
_    _         Kun          坤
_    _

____
_    _         Li             離        
____

_    _
____          Kan         坎            
_    _

_    _
____          Dui          兑
____

____
____          Xun         巽        
_    _

_    _
_    _           Zhen      震              
____

____
_    _           Gen       艮
_    _

Each of these trigrams (“Gua”, translated as “image”) is given
an individual name as above and each of them represents
either an object or abstract image as follows:

乾  Qian stands for sky
坤  Kun stands for earth
離  Li stands for the sun, fire, lightning
坎  Kan stands for water                        
兑  Dui stands for marshland, lake
巽  Xun stands for wind, wood
震  Zhen stands for thunder        
艮  Gen stands for mountain

There are other representations by these eight images as well
and they would be useful when we come to the interpretation
of each of the 64 Images of the Yi-jing later.

乾  Qian stands for
northwest, father, metal, horse, purple

坤  Kun stands for                 
southwest, mother, black objects, cow, black        

離  Li stands for
south, middle daughter, militia, pheasant, yellow

坎  Kan stands for                 
north, middle son, blood, boar, red        

兑  Dui stands for
west, young daughter, breakaway, sheep, blue

巽  Xun stands for                 
southeast, first daughter, wood, hen, white

震  Zhen stands for
east, first son, swiftness,dragon, orange

艮  Gen stands for         
northeast, young son, footpath, dog, green


Annexed to the Yi-jing was a separate text consisting of 2
volumes of 12 chapters each, annotating the Yi-jing, believed
to have been compiled by Confucius; and it is hereafter
referred to as the “Annotation”. It explained the derivation of
Ba-gua in the following manner: “[Yi 易 ] represents the
“Universe 太 極 ” which begets the “Two Poles 两 儀 ”; the two
Poles beget the”Four Images 四 像 ”; and the four Images
beget the “Eight (ba) Guas 八 卦 ” and the Ba-gua  ハ 卦
determine the nature of events 定 吉 凶. .”

This quote requires some explanation. “Yi易 ” was the name of
the classic “Yi-jing”.  The universe is constituted by two
polarities, the positive (yang) and the negative (yin). The two
polarities beget the four Images (the Old Yang 老 陽, the
Young Yang 少 陽, the Old Yin 老 陰 and the Young Yin 少 陰).
From these four Images beget the Ba-gua.

From the eight trigrams of the Ba-gua, the legend was, Wen
Wang 文 王 of the Zhou Dynasty invented the 64 Hexagrams in
the Yi-jing, which was passed down to us at this time through a
span of three thousand years. (The 64 hexagrams in the Yi-
jing is each called a “gua 卦 ” with a specific name and order
of sequence and it can only be translated as “Image” as well.)

What Wen Wang did was rather simple. He put one trigram on
top of another to form a hexagram. By permutation, the
greatest number of hexagrams that can be formed in this
manner from the eight trigrams is 64, which is exactly the
number of chapters of the Yi-jing Images (gua). To illustrate,
the following is just an example of the possible hexagrams
formed by two trigrams Qian 乾  and Kun 坤:

____
____                    
____
____           Qian on top of Qian       
____        
____

____
____
____        
_    _           Qian on top of Kun
_    _
_    _

_    _
_    _
_    _
_    _            Kun on top of Kun      
_    _
_    _

_    _
_    _
_    _
____             
____            Kun on top of Qian
____

To expand from the above two trigrams, if we add on the other
6 trigrams, and build the hexagrams as illustrated, one can
easily reach the conclusion that 64 such hexagrams can be
formed.

The construction of Yi-jing

These 64 Images 六 十 四 卦  or “64 Gua” were given an order
of sequence in the Yi-jing and they were numbered
individually. The sequence was not random but intentional,
beginning with “Qian 乾 (Sky), number 1” followed by “Kun 坤 ,
(Earth), number 2”. The last Image is “未 濟  (Midstream),
number 64”. The formation of heaven and earth marked the
beginning of the universe and therefore they were in the fore.
Since events in this world never come to an end, they continue
to develop and this was represented by the last image, 64, “未
濟 Mid-stream”, meaning business unfinished.

The Yi-jing was a classic, the main text (known as Zhou-Yi 周
易) of which was already in existence in early Zhou Dynasty.
Attached to it was “Yi-jun 易 傳” (translated as “The
Annotation”) which was written to annotate the Yi-jing, during a
later Eastern Zhou period, (ie. the Spring and Autumn and
Warring States era 春 秋 戰 國) separated by a span of five to
eight centuries. The Yi-jun was attributed to Confucius 孔 子
but most probably, it was there before him and what he did
was putting great efforts in editing it to its present form.

Attached to the Yi-jing were also other annexes consisting of
說 卦 傳 , 序 卦 傳  and 雜 卦 傳 , which can be collectively
described as “Explanatory notes” and will be referred to as
“Notes” for simplicity.

How Yi-jing is to be consulted

Ancient Chinese used dried straws to consult the I-jing. They
used 50 straws to start with and set aside one to symbolize the
universe. The remaining 49 were separated into two batches
to symbolize sky and earth. The process was described in
chapter 9 of the Annotation and it was quite a complicated one
for armatures who can be easily confused. To simplify, a short-
cut way using three coins can be adopted instead. The face of
the coin (colloquially called “head”) is ascribed the value 3 and
the back of the coin (“tail”) is ascribed the value 2. After the 3
coins are tossed, by permutation, their summed up value will
range from 6 (all tails) to 9 (all heads).

The value 9 signifies “Old Yang”
The value 8 signifies “Young Yin”
The value 7 signifies “Young Yang”
The value 6 signifies “Old Yin”

The old and young yin/yang differentiation would be useful in a
more advanced stage of consultation but for the present time,
the determination of yin or yang will suffice.

For the sake of consultation, values 9 and 7 (odd) denote yang
and values 8 and 6 (even) denote yin. Toss the three coins
one by one and put them down on the table. Add up their
values according to whether they are head or tail as mentioned
above. This sum will tell you whether the result is yin or yang.
Draw your yin or yang symbol as the line at the bottom. Repeat
the process with the three coins and draw your yin/yang
symbol as the second line on top. Repeat this process until
you finish with the 6th line at the top. By then you have
completed a hexagram. Match your hexagram with the 64
depicted in the Yi-jing and you will find one as an exact match.
That is the image you should consult regarding the question in
your mind.

A point worth mentioning in consulting the Yi-jing is that
throughout the text of Yi-jing, when referring to the lines (yao
爻) of a hexagram, yin and yang are not mentioned. The word
“jiu 九” ( 9 ) stands for Yang and the word “liu 六” ( 6 ) stands
for Yin.  There seems no particular reason in it but a
methodology in description. The paragraph above on old and
young yin/yang may throw some light on this.

In a hexagram we always count the line (which is “yao 爻” in
Chinese) from the bottom. If it is a yang line (–) , the Yi-jing
depicts it as “the first 9”meaning the first “yao” is yang. If it is a
yin line (- -), it is called “the first 6”, meaning the first line is yin.
The 2nd to the 5th lines follow the same rule until we get to the
6th line. If it is a yang line, it is called “the top 9”. If it is a yin
line, it is called “the top 6”.

It is a rule that the lines of a hexagram are always described
from the bottom upwards. The 6th line on top is therefore the
last line described by the text of the Yi-jing in relation to any
specific hexagram.

From the basic rules mentioned, one would be able to know
how to determine the yin and yang of a line (“yao 爻”) by 3
coins; and how to construct a trigram by repeating this process
three times. One would have to do this once again to get
another trigram to put on top of the first trigram to get the
configuration of a complete Image. When that is done, one can
look through the table in the next page to find out the serial
number of the Image in the Yi-jing and start consulting the text
and annotations under that chapter.

To simulate the process, the following are steps taken with the
tossing of the three coins to determine first the lower trigram 下
卦, then the upper trigram 上 卦, hence a hexagram is reached
and the configuration table can be read off. Now, have three
identical coins ready to go through the simulation as follows.

To get the first line of the first trigram, toss the first coin and
put it on the table, toss the second and the third in the same
manner. Assuming the three coins show the following results:

1st coin         :         head        (3)
2nd coin        :         head        (3)
3rd coin         :         tail           (2)
Total sum attributed=8 (even, hence the first line of the lower
trigram is a yin line)

To get the second line, the three coins are tossed again:

1st coin         :         tail         (2)
2nd coin        :         tail         (2)
3rd coin         :        head       (3)

Total sum attributed  =7 (odd, hence the second line of the
lower trigram is a yang line)

To get the third line (last line of the trigram), the three coins
are tossed again:

1st coin         :         head        (3)
2nd coin        :         head        (3)
3rd coin         :        head         (3)

Total sum attributed =9 (odd, hence the third line of the lower
trigram is yang line)

Putting the lines one on top of the other, with the first line at
the bottom and the last one on top, from the results of the
above tossing, we have yin as a first line, yang as the 2nd line
and yang again as the 3rd (top) line. Using the basic symbols
of yin/yang, one would get this trigram:

____  
____    
_    _      

which is named Xun 巽  (see top of page) and this shall be our
lower trigram 下 卦.

The get the upper trigram, the above process shall be
repeated again. Assuming the three lines gotten are all yang
lines, then we shall have this as our upper trigram 上 卦:

____
____
____        

which is named Qian 乾.

The Hexagram shall be Qian on top of Xun 乾 上 巽 下, which
shall appear in this manner:                

____
____
____
____
____
_    _       

which is the Image of “Gou 姤 ” ( Encounter).

Reading off the configuration table, one would find the number
44, which shall be the chapter in the Yi-jing to be consulted on.
The Configuration of the 64 Images of Yi-jing are as listed in
the following chapters numbered below:

Upper          Qian        Kun         Dui         Zhen        Li          Kan        Xun        Gen
Trigram       乾             坤            兑           震           離          坎            巽          艮

___         _  _          _  _         _  _         ___       _  _         ___        ___       
___         _  _          ___         _  _         _  _       ___         ___        _  _
___         _  _          ___         ___        ___       _  _          _  _        _  _

Lower        
Trigram

Qian 乾                
___               01              11          43           34           14           05          09          26
___
___

Kun 坤              
12              02           45          16            35          08           20          23
_   _
_   _
_   _


Dui 兑
10              19            58          54             38         60          61          40
_   _
___
___

Zhen 震
25              24             17          51             21         03          42          27        
_  _
_  _
___


Li   離
13              36              49          55             30         63          37         22
___
_  _
___

Kan 坎
06             07                47          40             64         29          59         04
_  _
___
_  _

Xun 巽         44             46                28           32            50          48        57          18

___
___
_   _

Gen  艮
33             15                31            62           56          39        53          52
___
_  _
_  _




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                                  YI-JING 易 經

Yi-jing (pronounced in English as Ye-ching, meaning      
Classic of Changes) is the oldest of the ancient Four Books
and Five Classics of China, attributed to Wen Wang 文 王, the
father of the founding King of Zhou Dynasty 周 朝 in 1046 BC.
It was a book intended to contain divine oracles used by kings
and rulers who consulted it to deliberate decisions and time
the actions to be taken where necessary. It contained 64
Images with a chapter devoted to each.

Yin and Yang        

The Images were derived from two basic symbols, the yin and
the yang. The Yin 陰 was symbolized by a broken line, thus
and the Yang 陽 symbolized by an unbroken line, thus. As
commonly known, the Yin represented the feminine, the
negativity in the universe and the Yang represented the
masculine and the positive elements. It would be easier to
understand this concept if one were to consider the basic
building block of all matters, the atom. The atom contains
electrons with negative ions which are matched by the same
number in protons with positive ions. The discovery of anti-
matters in the universe further strengthens this concept.

If one is familiar with the Morse code, the dot . and the dash –
, the different combinations of which represented the 26
alphabets of the English language, one would easily
understand the yin and the yang symbols. The only difference
is that they are not read in horizontal sequence but put one on
top of the other to form a logograph. Another ready analogy is
the computer and digital concept. The component numbers
are either 0 or 1. It is the designed sequence of these 2
numbers that ultimately define anything represented by them.

The Ba-gua  八 卦

Before the Yi-jing was compiled over three millennia ago, it
was commonly believed that the “Eight Images” already
existed, popularly known as “Ba-gua” attributed to Fu Xi  伏  
羲  who was a legendary ruler preceding Yan Di 炎 帝.  What
are the “Eight images or Ba-gua 八 卦 ”? There is no doubt in
the Chinese mind what is “ Ba-gua” and what each “Gua 卦 ”
would look like, but for the Western mind, it can be described
as a “Trigram”, that is a logograph constituted by 3 lines
(either broken, the yin, or unbroken, the yang) one on top of
the other and the greatest possible permutation is eight. I.e. in
the following formations:

____
____         Qian        乾     
____

_    _
_    _         Kun          坤
_    _

____
_    _         Li             離        
____

_    _
____          Kan         坎            
_    _

_    _
____          Dui          兑
____

____
____          Xun         巽        
_    _

_    _
_    _           Zhen      震              
____

____
_    _           Gen       艮
_    _

Each of these trigrams (“Gua”, translated as “image”) is given
an individual name as above and each of them represents
either an object or abstract image as follows:

乾  Qian stands for sky
坤  Kun stands for earth
離  Li stands for the sun, fire, lightning
坎  Kan stands for water                        
兑  Dui stands for marshland, lake
巽  Xun stands for wind, wood
震  Zhen stands for thunder        
艮  Gen stands for mountain

There are other representations by these eight images as well
and they would be useful when we come to the interpretation
of each of the 64 Images of the Yi-jing later.

乾  Qian stands for
northwest, father, metal, horse, purple

坤  Kun stands for                 
southwest, mother, black objects, cow, black        

離  Li stands for
south, middle daughter, militia, pheasant, yellow

坎  Kan stands for                 
north, middle son, blood, boar, red        

兑  Dui stands for
west, young daughter, breakaway, sheep, blue

巽  Xun stands for                 
southeast, first daughter, wood, hen, white

震  Zhen stands for
east, first son, swiftness,dragon, orange

艮  Gen stands for         
northeast, young son, footpath, dog, green


Annexed to the Yi-jing was a separate text consisting of 2
volumes of 12 chapters each, annotating the Yi-jing, believed
to have been compiled by Confucius; and it is hereafter
referred to as the “Annotation”. It explained the derivation of
Ba-gua in the following manner: “[Yi 易 ] represents the
“Universe 太 極 ” which begets the “Two Poles 两 儀 ”; the two
Poles beget the”Four Images 四 像 ”; and the four Images
beget the “Eight (ba) Guas 八 卦 ” and the Ba-gua  ハ 卦
determine the nature of events 定 吉 凶. .”

This quote requires some explanation. “Yi易 ” was the name
of the classic “Yi-jing”.  The universe is constituted by two
polarities, the positive (yang) and the negative (yin). The two
polarities beget the four Images (the Old Yang 老 陽, the
Young Yang 少 陽, the Old Yin 老 陰 and the Young Yin 少
陰). From these four Images beget the Ba-gua.

From the eight trigrams of the Ba-gua, the legend was, Wen
Wang 文 王 of the Zhou Dynasty invented the 64 Hexagrams
in the Yi-jing, which was passed down to us at this time
through a span of three thousand years. (The 64 hexagrams in
the Yi-jing is each called a “gua 卦 ” with a specific name and
order of sequence and it can only be translated as “Image” as
well.)

What Wen Wang did was rather simple. He put one trigram on
top of another to form a hexagram. By permutation, the
greatest number of hexagrams that can be formed in this
manner from the eight trigrams is 64, which is exactly the
number of chapters of the Yi-jing Images (gua). To illustrate,
the following is just an example of the possible hexagrams
formed by two trigrams Qian 乾  and Kun 坤:

____
____                    
____
____           Qian on top of Qian       
____        
____

____
____
____        
_    _           Qian on top of Kun
_    _
_    _

_    _
_    _
_    _
_    _            Kun on top of Kun      
_    _
_    _

_    _
_    _
_    _
____             
____            Kun on top of Qian
____

To expand from the above two trigrams, if we add on the other
6 trigrams, and build the hexagrams as illustrated, one can
easily reach the conclusion that 64 such hexagrams can be
formed.

The construction of Yi-jing

These 64 Images 六 十 四 卦  or “64 Gua” were given an order
of sequence in the Yi-jing and they were numbered
individually. The sequence was not random but intentional,
beginning with “Qian 乾 (Sky), number 1” followed by “Kun 坤
, (Earth), number 2”. The last Image is “未 濟  (Midstream),
number 64”. The formation of heaven and earth marked the
beginning of the universe and therefore they were in the fore.
Since events in this world never come to an end, they
continue to develop and this was represented by the last
image, 64, “未 濟 Mid-stream”, meaning business unfinished.

The Yi-jing was a classic, the main text (known as Zhou-Yi 周
易) of which was already in existence in early Zhou Dynasty.
Attached to it was “Yi-jun 易 傳” (translated as “The
Annotation”) which was written to annotate the Yi-jing, during
a later Eastern Zhou period, (ie. the Spring and Autumn and
Warring States era 春 秋 戰 國) separated by a span of five to
eight centuries. The Yi-jun was attributed to Confucius 孔 子
but most probably, it was there before him and what he did
was putting great efforts in editing it to its present form.

Attached to the Yi-jing were also other annexes consisting of
說 卦 傳 , 序 卦 傳  and 雜 卦 傳 , which can be collectively
described as “Explanatory notes” and will be referred to as
“Notes” for simplicity.

How Yi-jing is to be consulted

Ancient Chinese used dried straws to consult the I-jing. They
used 50 straws to start with and set aside one to symbolize
the universe. The remaining 49 were separated into two
batches to symbolize sky and earth. The process was
described in chapter 9 of the Annotation and it was quite a
complicated one for armatures who can be easily confused.
To simplify, a short-cut way using three coins can be adopted
instead. The face of the coin (colloquially called “head”) is
ascribed the value 3 and the back of the coin (“tail”) is
ascribed the value 2. After the 3 coins are tossed, by
permutation, their summed up value will range from 6 (all
tails) to 9 (all heads).

The value 9 signifies “Old Yang”
The value 8 signifies “Young Yin”
The value 7 signifies “Young Yang”
The value 6 signifies “Old Yin”

The old and young yin/yang differentiation would be useful in
a more advanced stage of consultation but for the present
time, the determination of yin or yang will suffice.

For the sake of consultation, values 9 and 7 (odd) denote
yang and values 8 and 6 (even) denote yin. Toss the three
coins one by one and put them down on the table. Add up
their values according to whether they are head or tail as
mentioned above. This sum will tell you whether the result is
yin or yang. Draw your yin or yang symbol as the line at the
bottom. Repeat the process with the three coins and draw
your yin/yang symbol as the second line on top. Repeat this
process until you finish with the 6th line at the top. By then
you have completed a hexagram. Match your hexagram with
the 64 depicted in the Yi-jing and you will find one as an exact
match. That is the image you should consult regarding the
question in your mind.

A point worth mentioning in consulting the Yi-jing is that
throughout the text of Yi-jing, when referring to the lines (yao
爻) of a hexagram, yin and yang are not mentioned. The word
“jiu 九” ( 9 ) stands for Yang and the word “liu 六” ( 6 ) stands
for Yin.  There seems no particular reason in it but a
methodology in description. The paragraph above on old and
young yin/yang may throw some light on this.

In a hexagram we always count the line (which is “yao 爻” in
Chinese) from the bottom. If it is a yang line (–) , the Yi-jing
depicts it as “the first 9”meaning the first “yao” is yang. If it is
a yin line (- -), it is called “the first 6”, meaning the first line is
yin. The 2nd to the 5th lines follow the same rule until we get
to the 6th line. If it is a yang line, it is called “the top 9”. If it is
a yin line, it is called “the top 6”.

It is a rule that the lines of a hexagram are always described
from the bottom upwards. The 6th line on top is therefore the
last line described by the text of the Yi-jing in relation to any
specific hexagram.

From the basic rules mentioned, one would be able to know
how to determine the yin and yang of a line (“yao 爻”) by 3
coins; and how to construct a trigram by repeating this
process three times. One would have to do this once again to
get another trigram to put on top of the first trigram to get the
configuration of a complete Image. When that is done, one
can look through the table in the next page to find out the
serial number of the Image in the Yi-jing and start consulting
the text and annotations under that chapter.

To simulate the process, the following are steps taken with
the tossing of the three coins to determine first the lower
trigram 下 卦, then the upper trigram 上 卦, hence a hexagram
is reached and the configuration table can be read off. Now,
have three identical coins ready to go through the simulation
as follows.

To get the first line of the first trigram, toss the first coin and
put it on the table, toss the second and the third in the same
manner. Assuming the three coins show the following results:

1st coin         :         head        (3)
2nd coin        :         head        (3)
3rd coin         :         tail           (2)
Total sum attributed=8 (even, hence the first line of the lower
trigram is a yin line)

To get the second line, the three coins are tossed again:

1st coin         :         tail         (2)
2nd coin        :         tail         (2)
3rd coin         :        head       (3)
Total sum attributed  =7 (odd, hence the second line of the
lower trigram is a yang line)

To get the third line (last line of the trigram), the three coins
are tossed again:

1st coin         :         head        (3)
2nd coin        :         head        (3)
3rd coin         :        head         (3)
Total sum attributed =9 (odd, hence the third line of the lower
trigram is yang line)

Putting the lines one on top of the other, with the first line at
the bottom and the last one on top, from the results of the
above tossing, we have yin as a first line, yang as the 2nd line
and yang again as the 3rd (top) line. Using the basic symbols
of yin/yang, one would get this trigram:

____  
____    
_    _      

which is named Xun 巽  (see top of page) and this shall be our
lower trigram 下 卦.

The get the upper trigram, the above process shall be
repeated again. Assuming the three lines gotten are all yang
lines, then we shall have this as our upper trigram 上 卦:

____
____
____        

which is named Qian 乾.

The Hexagram shall be Qian on top of Xun 乾 上 巽 下, which
shall appear in this manner:                

____
____
____
____
____
_    _       

which is the Image of “Gou 姤 ” ( Encounter).

Reading off the configuration table, one would find the
number 44, which shall be the chapter in the Yi-jing to be
consulted on. The Configuration of the 64 Images of Yi-jing
are as listed in the following chapters numbered below:

Upper          Qian        Kun         Dui         Zhen        Li          Kan        Xun        Gen
Trigram       乾             坤            兑           震           離          坎            巽          艮

___            _  _          _  _         _  _         ___       _  _         ___        ___       
___            _  _          ___         _  _         _  _       ___         ___        _  _
___            _  _          ___         ___        ___       _  _          _  _        _  _

Lower        
Trigram

Qian 乾                
___               01              11          43           34           14           05          09          26
___
___

Kun 坤              
12              02           45          16            35          08           20         23
_   _
_   _
_   _


Dui 兑
10              19            58          54           38         60          61          40
_   _
___
___

Zhen 震
25              24             17         51           21         03          42         27        
_  _
_  _
___


Li   離
13              36              49          55         30         63          37         22
___
_  _
___

Kan 坎
06              07               47          40        64         29          59         04
_  _
___
_  _

Xun 巽         44              46               28           32        50          48        57         18

___
___
_   _

Gen  艮
33             15               31           62         56         39         53        52
___
_  _
_  _




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