Interpretations and method boundaries
Compare Qian–Kun, interpretive approaches and divination methods.
3 articles
Yijing, Meihua and Liu Yao: Shared Hexagrams, Different Methods
One example, Tai with line five moving, read three ways: the Zhou Yi text by position, Meihua by Body and Use, Liu Yao by Self, Other and Six Relatives. Same figure, different start, steps and unit read.
Read first: The Sixty-Four Hexagrams: How Upper and Lower Trigrams Form One Figure · Judgment and Line Statements: Whole Hexagram or Single Line?
YJ-011Images, Numbers and Meaning: Two Ways of Reading the Zhou Yi, and Where They Cross
Readers of the Zhou Yi ask about structure or about principle. A Commentary on the Images sentence on Jing, two passages by Kong Yingda and Wang Bi's "Ming Xiang" show the two directions crossing, not competing.
Read first: Reading the Ten Wings
YJ-010Reading Qian and Kun Together: From the Core Text to Different Explanations
Set the core text of Qian (乾) and Kun (坤) side by side, then the three commentaries, and only then later explanations. Two places, Initial and Top, show how each layer words the same line. No personality labels.
Read first: Judgment and Line Statements: Whole Hexagram or Single Line? · Line positions: the six places, Nine and Six, and the sayings about them · Reading the Ten Wings