I Ching (周易)
- Chinese title
- 周易
- Author
- traditionally King Wen and the Duke of Zhou
- Translation
- James Legge (1882) — The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. 16 (1882)
- Chinese text
- Zhou Yi text from Chinese Wikisource
- Contents
- 64 hexagrams
- Status
- Public domain
Hexagrams 1-31 follow the proofread Wikisource transcription; the others follow the OCR text of the same 1882 printing, cleaned up and checked against the proofread hexagrams (99.8% character agreement).
Every hexagram has its own page, a page for each of its six lines, and a page for each of the 63 hexagrams it can change into. Use the hexagram lookup to find a hexagram from its lines.
Contents
| Hexagram | Opening words |
|---|---|
| 1. 乾 gān ䷀ | Khien (represents) what is great and originating, penetrating, advantageous, correct and firm. |
| 2. 坤 kūn ䷁ | Khwăn (represents) what is great and originating, penetrating, advantageous, correct and having the firmness o |
| 3. 屯 tún ䷂ | Kun (indicates that in the case which it presupposes) there will be great progress and success, and the advant |
| 4. 蒙 méng ䷃ | Măng (indicates that in the case which it presupposes) there will be progress and success. I do not (go and) s |
| 5. 需 xū ䷄ | Hsü intimates that, with the sincerity which is declared in it, there will be brilliant success. With firmness |
| 6. 訟 sòng ䷅ | Sung intimates how, though there is sincerity in one's contention, he will yet meet with opposition and obstru |
| 7. 師 shī ䷆ | Sze indicates how, in the case which it supposes, with firmness and correctness, and (a leader of) age and exp |
| 8. 比 bǐ ䷇ | Pî indicates that (under the conditions which it supposes) there is good fortune. But let (the principal party |
| 9. 小畜 xiǎo chù ䷈ | Hsiâo Khû indicates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. (We see) dense clouds, but |
| 10. 履 lǚ ䷉ | (Lî suggests the idea of) one treading on the tail of a tiger, which does not bite him. There will be progress |
| 11. 泰 tài ䷊ | In Thâi (we see) the little gone and the great come. (It indicates that) there will be good fortune, with prog |
| 12. 否 fǒu ䷋ | In Phî there is the want of good understanding between the (different classes of) men, and its indication is u |
| 13. 同人 tóng rén ䷌ | Thung Zăn (or 'Union of men') appears here (as we find it) in the (remote districts of the) country, indicatin |
| 14. 大有 dà yǒu ䷍ | Tâ Yû indicates that, (under the circumstances which it implies), there will be great progress and success. |
| 15. 謙 qiān ䷎ | Khien indicates progress and success. The superior man, (being humble as it implies), will have a (good) issue |
| 16. 豫 yù ䷏ | Yü indicates that, (in the state which it implies), feudal princes may be set up, and the hosts put in motion, |
| 17. 隨 suí ䷐ | Sui indicates that (under its conditions) there will be great progress and success. But it will be advantageou |
| 18. 蠱 gǔ ䷑ | Kû indicates great progress and success (to him who deals properly with the condition represented by it). Ther |
| 19. 臨 lín ䷒ | Lin (indicates that under the conditions supposed in it) there will be great progress and success, while it wi |
| 20. 觀 guān ䷓ | Kwân shows (how he whom it represents should be like) the worshipper who has washed his hands, but not (yet) p |
| 21. 噬嗑 shì kē ䷔ | Shih Ho indicates successful progress (in the condition of things which it supposes). It will be advantageous |
| 22. 賁 bì ䷕ | Pî indicates that there should be free course (in what it denotes). There will be little advantage (however) i |
| 23. 剝 bō ䷖ | Po indicates that (in the state which it symbolises) it will not be advantageous to make a movement in any dir |
| 24. 復 fù ䷗ | Fû indicates that there will be free course and progress (in what it denotes). (The subject of it) finds no on |
| 25. 无妄 wú wàng ䷘ | Wû Wang indicates great progress and success, while there will be advantage in being firm and correct. If (its |
| 26. 大畜 dà chù ䷙ | Under the conditions of Tâ Khû it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. (If its subject do not seek to) |
| 27. 頤 yí ䷚ | Î indicates that with firm correctness there will be good fortune (in what is denoted by it). We must look at |
| 28. 大過 dà guò ䷛ | Tâ Kwo suggests to us a beam that is weak. There will be advantage in moving (under its conditions) in any dir |
| 29. 坎 kǎn ䷜ | Khan, here repeated, shows the possession of sincerity, through which the mind is. penetrating. Action (in acc |
| 30. 離 lí ䷝ | Lî indicates that, (in regard to what it denotes), it will be advantageous to be firm and correct, and that th |
| 31. 咸 xián ䷞ | Hsien indicates that, (on the fulfilment of the conditions implied in it), there will be free course and succe |
| 32. 恒 héng ䷟ | Hăng indicates successful progress and no error (in what it denotes). But the advantage will come from being f |
| 33. 遯 ䷠ | Thun indicates successful progress (in its circumstances). To a small extent it will (still) be advantageous t |
| 34. 大壯 dà zhuàng ䷡ | Ta Kwang indicates that (under the conditions which it symbolises) it will be advantageous to be firm and corr |
| 35. 晉 jìn ䷢ | In Zin we see a prince who secures the tranquillity (of the people) presented on that account with numerous ho |
| 36. 明夷 míng yí ䷣ | Ming Î indicates that (in the circumstances which it denotes) it will be advantageous to realise the difficult |
| 37. 家人 jiā rén ䷤ | For (the realisation of what is taught in) Kiâ Zăn, (or for the regulation of the family), what is most advant |
| 38. 睽 kuí ䷥ | Khwei indicates that, (notwithstanding the condition of things which it denotes), in small matters there will |
| 39. 蹇 jiǎn ䷦ | In (the state indicated Kien advantage will be found in the south-west, and the contrary in the north-east. It |
| 40. 解 jiě ䷧ | In (the state indicated by) Kieh advantage will be found in the south-west. If no (further) operations be call |
| 41. 損 sǔn ䷨ | In (what is denoted by) Sun, if there be sincerity (in him who employs it), there will be great good fortune:— |
| 42. 益 yì ䷩ | Yî indicates that (in the state which it denotes) there will be advantage in every movement which shall be und |
| 43. 夬 guài ䷪ | Kwâi requires (in him who would fulfil its meaning) the exhibition (of the culprit's guilt) in the royal court |
| 44. 姤 ䷫ | Kâu shows a female who is bold and strong. It will not be good to marry (such) a female. |
| 45. 萃 cuì ䷬ | In (the state denoted by) Zhui, the king will repair to his ancestral temple. It will be advantageous (also) t |
| 46. 升 shēng ䷭ | Shăng indicates that (under its conditions) there will be great progress and success. Seeking by (the qualitie |
| 47. 困 kùn ䷮ | In (the condition denoted by) Khwăn there may (yet be) progress and success. For the firm and correct, the (re |
| 48. 井 jǐng ䷯ | (Looking at) Zing, (we think of) how (the site of) a town may be changed, while (the fashion of) its wells und |
| 49. 革 gé ䷰ | (What takes place as indicated by) Ko is believed in only after it has been accomplished. There will be great |
| 50. 鼎 dǐng ䷱ | Ting gives the intimation of great progress and success. |
| 51. 震 zhèn ䷲ | A"an gives the intimation of ease Kăn development. When (the time of) movement (which it indicates) comes, (th |
| 52. 艮 gěn ䷳ | When one's resting is like that of the back, Kăn he loses all consciousness of self; when he walks in his cour |
| 53. 漸 jiàn ䷴ | Kien suggests to us the marriage of a young lady, and the good fortune (attending it). There will be advantage |
| 54. 歸妹 guī mèi ䷵ | Kwei Mei indicates that (under the conditions which it denotes) action will be evil, and in no wise advantageo |
| 55. 豐 fēng ䷶ | Făng intimates progress and development. When a king has reached the point (which the name denotes) there is n |
| 56. 旅 lǚ ䷷ | Lii intimates that (in the condition which it denotes) there may be some little attainment and progress. If th |
| 57. 巽 xùn ䷸ | Sun intimates that (under the conditions which it denotes) there will be some little attainment and progress. |
| 58. 兌 duì ䷹ | Tui intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) it will be advantageous |
| 59. 渙 huàn ䷺ | Hwân intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. The king goes to his ancestral |
| 60. 節 jié ䷻ | Kieh. intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) if the regulations (w |
| 61. 中孚 zhōng fú ䷼ | Kung Fû (moves even) pigs and fish, and leads to good fortune. There will be advantage in crossing the great s |
| 62. 小過 xiǎo guò ䷽ | Hsiâo Kwo indicates that (in the circumstances which it implies) there will be progress and attainment. But it |
| 63. 既濟 jì jì ䷾ | Kî Zî intimates progress and success in small matters. There will be advantage in being firm and correct. Ther |
| 64. 未濟 wèi jì ䷿ | Wei Zî intimates progress and success (in the circumstances which it implies). (We see) a young fox that has n |
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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