Trigrams, hexagrams and lines
From line forms to paired trigrams, using the existing hexagram reference.
3 articles
The Sixty-Four Hexagrams: How Upper and Lower Trigrams Form One Figure
The sixty-four hexagrams are an 8 × 8 set of combinations, one trigram stacked on another. A lookup table, a Zhun, Jie and Meng comparison and two exercises show how to count lines, split them and find the name.
YJ-004Yin and Yang Lines: Two Strokes, Six Places, Read from the Bottom
A yang line is unbroken and a yin line is broken in the middle. Six lines stack from the bottom into one hexagram, giving 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 64 patterns. Jiji and Weiji show why order matters.
Read first: Yijing and Zhou Yi: Sorting the Names and Their Scope
YJ-005Eight Trigrams: Three-Line Structure and Basic Images, Read Through the Shuo Gua
The eight trigrams are the small figures built from three lines. An eight-row table, a 1-3-3-1 grouping and Shuo Gua chapter 7 separate structure, names, natures and images, and show which chapter each entry comes from.