I Ching

About this Text

關於此典籍

The I Ching (易經, Book of Changes) is the most fundamental divination and cosmological text in the Chinese classical tradition. Built on sixty-four hexagrams (六十四卦), each composed of six lines that are either broken (Yin) or solid (Yang), the text and its associated commentaries (the Ten Wings, 十翼) encode a complete model of change, time, and the structure of reality. Virtually every Chinese divination and cosmological system derives, directly or indirectly, from the I Ching.

易經為中國古典傳統中最根本的占卜與宇宙論典籍，以六十四卦為基礎，每卦由六爻（陰或陽）組成，其文與十翼共同建構了一套關於變化、時間與現實結構的完整模型。幾乎所有中國占卜與宇宙論體系均直接或間接源自易經。

Significance in the Liuren Fajiao Lineage

於六壬法教傳承之重要性

The I Ching is the structural foundation of Divination Art (Bu Shu). Its hexagram system underpins Liu Yao (六爻), Mei Hua Yi Shu (梅花易數), and informs the cosmological framework of Qi Men Dun Jia. The Later Heaven Ba Gua (後天八卦, attributed to King Wen) forms the spatial template used in Feng Shui and Luopan work. GanZhi theory and the I Ching's binary Yin-Yang structure together generate the calendrical and metaphysical architecture of all Five Arts.

易經為卜術的結構基礎，六十四卦體系支撐六爻、梅花易數，並涵養奇門遁甲的宇宙論框架。後天八卦（傳為周文王所作）構成風水與羅盤的空間模板；干支理論與易經的陰陽二元結構共同生成五術的曆法與形上架構。

Table of Contents

目錄

1. 1

   Upper Canon (上經) — Hexagrams 1–30

   上經——第一至三十卦

   The first thirty hexagrams, beginning with Qian (Heaven) and Kun (Earth), representing the fundamental cosmic processes and the relationship between Heaven, Earth, and humanity.

2. 2

   Lower Canon (下經) — Hexagrams 31–64

   下經——第三十一至六十四卦

   The remaining thirty-four hexagrams, beginning with Xian (Influence) and Heng (Duration), focusing on human relationships, society, and the cycles of fortune.

3. 3

   Tuan Zhuan (彖傳) — Commentary on the Judgments

   彖傳——彖辭注疏

   Two-part commentary explaining the meaning of each hexagram's judgment (Tuan Ci), attributed to Confucius. Provides the philosophical reasoning behind each hexagram's oracle text.

4. 4

   Xiang Zhuan (象傳) — Commentary on the Images

   象傳——象辭注疏

   Two-part commentary on the images (Xiang) of each hexagram and its individual lines. The Great Image (Da Xiang) interprets the trigram pairing; the Small Image (Xiao Xiang) interprets each line.

5. 5

   Xi Ci (繫辭) — Great Treatise / Appended Statements

   繫辭傳——繫辭上下

   The most philosophical of the Ten Wings. Discusses the nature of change, the Dao, the relationship between images and numbers, and the famous passage: "The Dao that can be spoken is not the constant Dao."

6. 6

   Shuo Gua (說卦) — Discussion of the Trigrams

   說卦傳——八卦論

   Explains the origin, nature, and correspondences of the eight trigrams. Source of the Earlier Heaven (Fu Xi) and Later Heaven (King Wen) Ba Gua arrangements used in Feng Shui.

7. 7

   Xu Gua (序卦) — Sequence of the Hexagrams

   序卦傳——卦序論

   Explains the logical sequence in which the sixty-four hexagrams are arranged, showing how each hexagram's meaning flows from and leads to the next.

8. 8

   Za Gua (雜卦) — Miscellaneous Notes

   雜卦傳——雜論

   Brief, paired descriptions of the hexagrams organised by complementary opposites, providing terse definitions useful for divination practice.