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version 01/11/10::01:11:10 (HEXAGRAM 28; Great Exceeding)
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CONTENTS
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00 TRIGRAMS AND HEXAGRAMS
0010 LINES AND BIGRAMS
0011 TRIGRAMS
0110 HEXAGRAMS
10 ORACLE
0010 ENTRANCE
0011 IDENTIFY AND INTERPRET HEXAGRAMS
000010 PRIMARY
000011 APPROACHING
000110 MUTUAL
0110 CLOSING
11 BIBLIOGRAPHY
110 CREDITS AND COPYRIGHT
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00 TRIGRAMS AND HEXAGRAMS (GUA)
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0010 LINES (2) AND BIGRAMS (4)
understanding of I starts with LINES (YAO). there are four types
of LINES generated in Change divination. they derive from the
four bilinear combinations Yang-Yang, Yang-Yin, Yin-Yang,
Yin-Yin, composed of
divided Yin: ____ ____
and
undivided Yang: ____________ LINES
when moving, LINES are terminated with an X or O; one way to
think of this is that LINES are actually composite, reverberating
between Yin and Yang value; this is symbolized well by BIGRAMS,
also known as the Four Hsiang (SYMBOLS) (see below):
____ ____X Old/Lesser Yin: moving LINE, becoming Yang
(____________)
____________ Young/Greater Yang: stable LINE, remaining Yang
(____________)
____ ____ Young/Greater Yin: stable LINE, remaining Yin
(____ ____)
____________0 Old/Lesser Yang: moving LINE, becoming Yin
(____ ____)
the LINE in (PARENTHESES) wells up from below the LINE we know,
determining its apparent character; stable (Young) LINES
are reinforced by underwelling equals, known as 'Greater' on
account of their accumulation (Younger/Greater Yin, Yang)
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0011 (8) GUA {'Ba Gua' ('8 Symbols/Figures')}
excluding moving LINES, there are 8 possible TRIGRAMS; these
may be assigned values from 0 to 7 in binary series for the
facilitation of understanding and identifying them; a divided
LINE = 0 and an undivided LINE = 1; see CHARTS 10 and 11 for
the values of TRIGRAMS and HEXAGRAMS
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CHART 10 : The Binary Values of the Ba Gua (8 Trigrams)
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TRIGRAMS - - --- - - --- - - --- - - ---
- - - - --- --- - - - - --- ---
- - - - - - - - --- --- --- ---
BASE 02 000 001 010 011 100 101 110 111
BASE 10 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
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0110 (64) HEXAGRAMS
excluding moving LINES, there are 64 possible HEXAGRAMS which can
be assigned values from 0 to 63. it is important to identify
HEXAGRAMS by referring to the two TRIGRAMS of which they are
comprised, and their names (see CHART 11, where TRIGRAM values
form what is called the 'ID #')
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CHART 11 : The Binary Values of the Sixty-Four Gua (Hexagrams)
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_ _ ___ _ _ ___ _ _ ... ___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___
_ _ _ _ ___ ___ _ _ ... ___ _ _ _ _ ___ ___
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ ... _ _ ___ ___ ___ ___
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ... ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ... ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ... ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
ID # 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3 0-4 ... 7-3 7-4 7-5 7-6 7-7
BASE-10 00 01 02 03 04 ... 59 60 61 62 63
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traditionally there are three types of HEXAGRAMS that are
interpreted in an oracular consultation with Change Classic:
PRIMARY
created initially;
reflection of present conditions;
see section 000010 PRIMARY
APPROACHING
Old Yang and Old Yin are changed to their opposites;
condition toward which QUERENT is moving;
see section 000011 APPROACHING
MUTUAL
interior LINES are projected outward;
solution or overall advice; deeper insights into present;
see section 000110 MUTUAL
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10 ORACLE
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0010 ENTRANCE
* wash HANDS; use HANDWASH, HOLY OIL, etc.
* retrieve BOOK (e.g. "Change Classic") from high clean spot;
remove its SILK or CLOTH WRAPPING; place upon lightward-
facing (i.e. in northern hemisphere, south-facing; in
southern hemisphere, north-facing) TABLE at room center
with incense burner. BOOK receives the DIVINER as a Lord
or Master receives a respectful GUEST -- a GUEST who knows
the proper FORMULAE and TOOLS to successfully divine
* begin contemplation of QUERY; carefully consider its form,
since few can be answered with a simple 'Yes' or 'No'; ask
about project advisability, likely result of action, or
likely outcome for things, persons, etc., concentrating on
reflecting present or near-future conditions;
* stand facing TABLE (toward the DARKNESS), light INCENSE and
prostrate three times before BOOK. pass divination HAND
through INCENSE thrice, making clockwise circles at WRIST
(alternatively, if using some other method than that
described below (bibliomancy), divinatory OBJECTS may be
censed)
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0011 IDENTIFY AND INTERPRET HEXAGRAMS
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001110 PRIMARY (KING WEN/KUNG FU TSE, DUKE OF CHOU)
* open BOOK randomly and select a HEXAGRAM:
consult HEXAGRAM LINE GENERATOR below to use the HEXAGRAM
just selected to generate first LINE (bottom) of the PRIMARY
HEXAGRAM; repeat this procedure for each of the other 5 LINES
moving upwards
LOWER TRIGRAM OF BIBLIOMANTICALLY-SELECTED HEXAGRAM
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interpret lower TRIGRAM of this figure as a composite
of YIN and YANG LINES (3YIN or 1YIN, and 1YANG or 3YANG);
consult HEXAGRAM LINE GENERATOR below and determine which
TABLE will be used to determine the LINE (10 or 11)
UPPER TRIGRAM OF BIBLIOMANTICALLY-SELECTED HEXAGRAM
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the upper TRIGRAM 1s a binary number from 0 to 7;
see CHART 10: The Binary Values of the Ba Gua; using
the TABLE determined by the LOWER TRIGRAM OF THE
BIBLIOMANTICALLY-SELECTED HEXAGRAM, determine the LINE
for the PRIMARY HEXAGRAM (Old or Young Yin or Yang)
for example,
having selected a HEXAGRAM with 6 Yang LINES top-to-bottom, its
lower TRIGRAM has 3 Yang LINES, so TABLE 11 is used, evaluating
the upper TRIGRAM as 7 (consulting CHART 10), and the bottom
LINE of our PRIMARY HEXAGRAM would be a moving (Old/Lesser)
Yang LINE ____________ 0); this is then repeated for the other
5 lines in the PRIMARY HEXAGRAM
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HEXAGRAM LINE GENERATOR (using seed randomly found in BOOK)
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TABLE 10 | TABLE 11
LOWER TRIGRAM | LOWER TRIGRAM
(3Yin or 1Yin) | (1Yang or 3Yang)
|
-------------------------------|------------------------------
UPPER LINE GENERATED | UPPER LINE GENERATED
TRIGRAM # | TRIGRAM #
|
0 ____ ____X* | 0-4 ____________
1-7 ____ ____ | 5-7 ____________0*
|
|
(* -- 'X' and '0' denote moving LINES)
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notes: the manipulation of YARROW STALKS is traditional; other
methods may be valuably considered, particularly those
which, like the one suggested here, utilize bivalent
(e.g. coin) and octovalent (e.g. 8-sided die) elements
(which duplicates the YARROW STALK method's odds;
for odds calculations generally, cf.:
http://www.luckymojo.com/iching/methods.html
where other methods of casting Change Oracle may be found)
3-coins method is pro-Yang. the method using BOOK by
itself is one I invented with my wife, catherine, and
may be original (though surely Taoist adepts have
reams of such methods, I haven't run across it yet
in translations of Plum Blossoms or Change Classic)
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EXAMPLE 10 (PRIMARY HEXAGRAM)
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HEXAGRAM 6-3 (51/K61 (King Wen #61))
Decimal Value : 51; Binary Trigram Value: "6-3",
'Wind over Lake', CHUNG FU, "Innermost Sincerity"
(LINE 6) ____________ (TRIGRAM two, Upper -- 3)
(LINE 5) ____________
(LINE 4) ____ ____ 0 (moving LINE (Greater Yin))
(LINE 3) ____ ____
(LINE 2) ____________
(LINE 1) ____________ (TRIGRAM one, Lower -- 6)
110 - 011 (decimal 51)
6 - 3
K61 Innermost Sincerity
APPROACHING 6-7 55/K10 Fulfillment (see EXAMPLE 11)
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* HEXAGRAMS are usually identified with NUMBERS, NAMES,
TRANSLATIONS OF NAMES, SYMBOLS, MEANINGS, and COMMENTARIES,
used in interpretation (see section 0011 IDENTIFY AND INTERPRET
HEXAGRAMS). these are the basic features of any complete
reading, along with the specific interpretation of the results,
given the circumstance
use CHART 110 below to identify HEXAGRAMS using the binary values
of the composite TRIGRAMS that make them up. it allows those
familiar with binary values and trigrammatic identity
(mathematical) to quickly identify HEXAGRAM NUMBERS with LINE
structure
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CHART 110 : SHAO YAN'S BINARY TRIGRAMMATIC SQUARE REFERENCE
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UPPER TRIGRAM -- SECOND NUMBER
- - --- - - --- - - --- - - ---
- - - - --- --- - - - - --- ---
- - - - - - - - --- --- --- ---
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TRIGRAM VALUE
L 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 DECIMAL
O 0 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3 0-4 0-5 0-6 0-7 TRIGRAM VALUE
W 000-000 000-001 000-010 000-011 000-100 000-101 000-110 000-111 BINARY
E K02 K23 K08 K20 K16 K35 K45 K12 KING WEN #S
R
08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
| 1 1-0 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7
001-000 001-001 001-010 001-011 001-100 001-101 001-110 001-111
T K15 K52 K39 K53 K62 K56 K31 K33
R
I
G 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
R 2 2-0 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 2-7
A 010-000 010-001 010-010 010-011 010-100 010-101 010-110 010-111
M K07 K04 K29 K59 K40 K64 K47 K06
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
| 3 3-0 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5 3-6 3-7
| 011-000 011-001 011-010 011-011 011-100 011-101 011-110 011-111
K46 K18 K48 K57 K32 K50 K28 K44
32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
F 4 4-0 4-1 4-2 4-3 4-4 4-5 4-6 4-7
I 100-000 100-001 100-010 100-011 100-100 100-101 100-110 100-111
R K24 K27 K03 K42 K51 K21 K17 K25
S
T
40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
5 5-0 5-1 5-2 5-3 5-4 5-5 5-6 5-7
N 101-000 101-001 101-010 101-011 101-100 101-101 101-110 101-111
U K36 K22 K63 K37 K55 K30 K49 K13
M
B
E 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55
R 6 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-6 6-7
110-000 110-001 110-010 110-011 110-100 110-101 110-110 110-111
K19 K41 K60 K61 K54 K38 K58 K10
56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
7 7-0 7-1 7-2 7-3 7-4 7-5 7-6 7-7
111-000 111-001 111-010 111-011 111-100 111-101 111-110 111-111
K11 K26 K05 K09 K34 K14 K43 K01
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obtain K# (King Wen HEXAGRAM #) from the above REFERENCE; get BOOK
study JUDGMENT/DECISION (King Wen) and HEXAGRAM COMMENTARY (Kung Fu Tse)
for PRIMARY HEXAGRAM (generated in section 0011 IDENTIFY AND INTERPRET
HEXAGRAMS) Kung Fu's HEXAGRAM COMMENTARY explains Wen's JUDGEMENT
*these pertain to the conditions surrounding or associated
with the QUERY; recent or present circumstances*
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000011 APPROACHING (WEN/KUNG FU)
*elaboration may be obtained by studying the LINE COMMENTARY
(on changing/moving LINES, by Duke of Chou), representing
coming change's purpose, advice for attaining GOALS, and
warning or good fortune AUGURIES. if no changing LINE,
determine ruling LINES (governing/self and constituting/other)
by referring to Kung Fu Tse, or emphasize PRIMARY HEXAGRAM
(considering its NAME, SYMBOL and the DECISION of King Wen),
then proceed to section 000110 MUTUAL
*moving LINES are given individual significance within
Chou LINE COMMENTARY and are used to derive APPROACHING
HEXAGRAMS (condition toward which the QUERENT is headed);
METHOD:
change 'Old' to *opposite* 'Young' LINES; Old Yang to Young Yin,
Old Yin to Young Yang (upwelling LINE in BIGRAM has surfaced;
see section 0010 LINES AND BIGRAMS)
*EXAMPLE 10 contained one changing or moving LINE; changing
this from Old Yin to Young Yang, we thereby determine the
APPROACHING HEXAGRAM: 33/K10 (6-7) (see EXAMPLE 11)
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EXAMPLE 11 (APPROACHING HEXAGRAM)
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HEXAGRAM 6-7 (55/K10)
Decimal Value: 55; Binary Trigram Value: "6-7",
'Lightning over Lake', FANG, "Fulfillment"
____________
____________
____________
____ ____
____________
____________
110-111 (decimal 55)
6 - 7
K10 Fulfillment
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*study Wen and Kung Fu for APPROACHING HEXAGRAM,
indicating condition toward which QUERENT moving;
if Kung Fu appears to contradict Wen, APPROACHING
HEXAGRAM text takes precedence; otherwise combine this
with section 000010 PRIMARY above; proceed to
section 000110 MUTUAL
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000110 MUTUAL (WEN/KUNG FU)
* 'MUTUAL'/'NUCLEAR'/'INNER' HEXAGRAM is obtained
by identifying 2 interior projected TRIGRAMS
from LINES 2/3/4 (Lower) and LINES 3/4/5 (Upper)
and gives the core meaning to the PRIMARY HEXAGRAM.
using our example: (6-3/K61), MUTUAL HEXAGRAM IS 4-1/K27
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EXAMPLE 110 (MUTUAL HEXAGRAM)
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HEXAGRAM (33/K27 (4-1))
Binary Trigram Value : 33; Binary Trigram Value: "4-1",
'Mountain over Thunder', YI, "Nourishing"
____________
____ ____
____ ____
____ ____
____ ____
____________
100-001 (decimal 33)
4 - 1
K27 Nourishing
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study Wen and Kung Fu Tse for MUTUAL HEXAGRAM, which
represents whole situation, general trend, or solution
to problem; a deeper insight into the present
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0110 CLOSING
* facing TABLE, light INCENSE and prostrate three
times before BOOK; replace SILK or CLOTH WRAPPING
and return BOOK to high clean spot
END OF PRACTICAL METHOD (BIBLIOMANTIC)
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11 BIBLIOGRAPHY
Blofeld, John, "I Ching (The Book of Change)", Dutton, 1965.
Hook, Diana ffarington, "The I Ching and You", Dutton, 1973.
Hook, Diana ffarington, "The I Ching and its Associations",
Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980.
Huang, Alfred, "The Complete I Ching", Inner Traditions, 1998.
Huang, Alfred, "The Numerology of the I Ching", Inner Traditions, 2000.
Legge, James, "I Ching: Book of Changes", Bantam Books, 1986.
Sherrill, W.A., and Chu, W.K., "An Anthology of I Ching",
Arkana Books, 1989.
Wilhelm, Hellmut, "Eight Lectures on The I Ching",
Princeton University Press, (transl. to English
by Cary F. Baynes), 1973.
Wilhelm, Richard, "The I Ching or Book of Changes",
Princeton University Press, (transl. to English
by Cary F. Baynes), 1990.
END OF WORK (PROPER)
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110 CREDITS AND COPYRIGHT
thanks to sri catyananda, Professor Gee, Master Huang, Ko Hung,
Shao Yung, Kung Fu tse, Fu Hsi, Hsi Wang Mu, Chang Tao Ling and
the rest of the Celestial Masters for their awesome inspiration
dedicated 01/11/10; TRIGRAM 3-1, K28, Great Exceeding, Da Guo:
at time 01:11:10pm in reflection of same
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