{"collection":"ich","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ich/index.htm","path":"ich/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/ich/index.htm","text":"I-Ching\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n | | I Ching | \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The I Ching\n James Legge, tr.\n Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16\n [1899]\n \n \n \n \n Contents\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n Start Reading\n \n \n \n \n The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is the most widely read of the five\n Chinese Classics.\n The book was traditionally written by the legendary Chinese\n Emperor Fu Hsi (2953-2838 B.C.). It is possible that the\n the I Ching originated from a prehistoric divination technique which\n dates back as far as 5000 B.C. Thus it may be the oldest text at this site.\n Futher commentaries were added by King Wen and the Duke of Chou in the\n eleventh century B.C.\n \n \n An I Ching interpretation is performed by making\n six binary decisions (a hexagram). This is called 'casting the I Ching'.\n These are written down as a stack of six solid or broken lines.\n This was traditionally done either by tossing yarrow\n stalks or coins, although there is no reason why\n the hexagrams can't be generated by some other means\n (such as a computer program).\n \n \n There are actually four possible values for each of the lines; the two \n on/off values, and a line which changes from on to off or vice versa.\n Thus one cast of the I Ching can generate two different hexagrams,\n which adds depth to the interpretation.\n The sophistication of this method has not escaped modern interpretation,\n and the four-valued logic has been compared to the biochemistry of\n DNA amino acids.\n How a Neolithic shamans' divination technique\n presaged the basic logic of the human genome is one of the ageless mysteries.\n \n \n Production Notes:\n This is a complete overhaul of the Legge I Ching etext, with all of the\n original illustrations.\n This utilizes Unicode characters\n throughout to represent the 'short A' and the 'Yodh' found in the original book.\n Because not all browsers support the official Unicode 'Yodh'\n (\u021c and \u021d),\n we have used \u017d and \u017e to represent it.\n In addition, we have used images to present the dozen or so Chinese\n characters in this text.\n \n \n \n Title Page\n Contents\n Preface\n \n \n Introduction\n Chapter I: The Y\u00ee King from The Twelfth Century B.C. to the Commencement of the Christian Era\n Chapter II: The Subject-Matter of the Text. The Lineal Figures and the Explanation of Them\n Chapter III: The Appendixes\n \n \n Plates\n Plate I\n Plate II, Figure 1\n Plate II, Figure 2\n Plate III, Figure 1\n Plate III, Figure 2\n \n \n The Y\u00ee King Text: Section I\n I. The Khien Hexagram\n II. The Khw\u0103n Hexagram\n III. The Kun Hexagram\n IV. The M\u0103ng Hexagram\n V. The Hs\u00fc Hexagram\n VI. The Sung Hexagram\n VII. The Sze Hexagram\n VIII. The P\u00ee Hexagram\n IX. The Hsi\u00e2o Kh\u00fb Hexagram\n X. The L\u00ee Hexagram\n XI. The Th\u00e2i Hexagram\n XII. The Ph\u00ee Hexagram\n XIII. The Thung Z\u0103n\n XIV. The T\u00e2 Y\u00fb Hexagram\n XV. The Khien Hexagram\n XVI. The Y\u00fc Hexagram\n XVII. The Sui Hexagram\n XVIII. The K\u00fb Hexagram\n XIX. The Lin Hexagram\n XX. The Kw\u00e2n Hexagram\n XXI. The Shih Ho Hexagram\n XXII. The P\u00ee Hexagram\n XXIII. The Po Hexagram\n XXIV. The F\u00fb Hexagram\n XXV: The W\u00fb Wang Hexagram\n XXVI. The T\u00e2 Kh\u00fb Hexagram\n XXVII. The \u00ce Hexagram\n XXVIII. The T\u00e2 Kwo Hexagram\n XXIX. The Khan Hexagram\n XXX. The L\u00ee Hexagram\n \n \n Text Section II\n XXXI. The Hsien Hexagram\n XXXII. The H\u0103ng Hexagram\n XXXIII. The Thun Hexagram\n XXXIV. The T\u00e2 Kwang Hexagram\n XXXV. The \u017din Hexagram\n XXXVI. The Ming \u00ce Hexagram\n XXXVII. The Ki\u00e2 Z\u0103n Hexagram\n XXXVIII. The Khwei Hexagram\n XXXIX. The Kien Hexagram\n XL. The Kieh Hexagram\n XLI. The Sun Hexagram\n XLII. The Y\u00ee Hexagram\n XLIII. The Kw\u00e2i Hexagram\n XLIV. The K\u00e2u Hexagram\n XLV. The \u017dhui Hexagram\n XLVI. The Sh\u0103ng Hexagram\n XLVII. The Khw\u0103n Hexagram\n XLVIII. The \u017ding Hexagram\n XLIX. The Ko Hexagram\n L. The Ting Hexagram\n LI. The K\u0103n Hexagram\n LII. The K\u0103n Hexagram\n LIII. The Kien Hexagram\n LIV. The Kwei Mei Hexagram\n LV. The F\u0103ng Hexagram\n LVI. The L\u00fc Hexagram\n LVII. The Sun Hexagram\n LVIII. The Tui Hexagram\n LIX. The Hw\u00e2n Hexagram\n LX. The Kieh Hexagram\n LXI. The Kung F\u00fb Hexagram\n LXII. The Hsi\u00e2o Kwo Hexagram\n LXIII. The K\u00ee \u017d\u00ee Hexagram\n LXIV. The Wei \u017d\u00ee Hexagram\n \n \n The Appendixes\n \n \n Appendix I\n Section I\n Section II\n \n \n Appendix II\n Section I\n Section II\n \n \n Appendix III: The Great Appendix\n Section I\n Section II\n \n \n Appendix IV\n \n \n Section I\n Section I: Khien\n Section II: Khw\u0103n\n \n \n Appendix V\n Appendix V: Treatise of Remarks on the Trigrams\n \n \n Appendix VI\n Appendix VI: The Orderly Sequence of the Hexagrams\n \n \n Appendix VII\n Appendix VII","title":"The I Ching, Legge tr. Index","type":"page"}