User:Afterword/I Ching

lower<-->higher

nor n.e eas s.e sou s.w wes n.w



the sequence


 * ::| 4   SOUT over WEST
 * :|: 8   SOUT over N EA
 * ::: 15  S WE over N EA
 * |:: 16  N EA over S WE
 * ::| 23  N EA over WEST


 * :|| 42  WEST over EAST

Hexagram 4 is named 蒙 (meng2), "Enveloping". Other variations include "youthful folly", "the young shoot", and "folly". Its inner trigram is ⚏ (坎 kan3) gorge = (水) water. Its outer trigram is ☶ (艮 gen4) bound = (水) mountain.

Hexagram 8 is named 比 (bi3), "Grouping". Other variations include "holding together" and "alliance". Its inner trigram is ☷ (坤 kun1) field = (地) earth, and its outer trigram is ☵ (坎 kan3) gorge = (水) water.

Hexagram 15 is named 謙 (qianl), "Humbling". Other variations include "modesty". Its inner trigram is ☶ (艮 gen4) bound = (山) mountain and its outer trigram is ☷ (坤 kun1) field = (地) earth.

Hexagram 16 is named 豫 (yu4), "Providing-For". Other variations include "enthusiasm" and "excess". Its inner trigram is ☷ (坤 kun1) field = (地) earth, and its outer trigram is ☳ (震 zhen4) shake = (雷) thunder.

Hexagram 23 is named 剝 (bol), "Stripping". Other variations include "splitting apart" and "flaying". Its inner trigram is ☷ (坤 kun1) field = (地) earth, and its outer trigram is ☶ (艮 gen4) bound = (山) mountain.

I Ching hexagram 42, depicted |:::|| is named 益 (yi4), Augmenting. Other translations: R. Wilhelm/C. Baynes, Increase; E. Shaughnessy (Mawangdui), Increase.