ICHING

The iching does not give you specific answers to your questions but rather reveals patterns which helps you arrive at the answer you seek. Answers are given in 64 hexagrams of solid lines (yang) and broken lines (yin). These represent a state of being.

The most common method used to determine hexagrams is to toss three coins three times. The traditional method is to toss a set of 50 yarrow sticks.

The iching dates back to around 2852 B.C. The chinese emperor Fu-hsi developed a set of trigrams.

Later on around 1143 B.C. the trigrams were doubled to hexagrams. The iching found its way to western culture in the 19th century.

In Western cultures, the IChing is mostly used as a way of divination. But in ancient China, the Iching represented wisdom and philosophy. The IChing is in fact the oldest of Chinese classic texts. It talks about an ancient system of philosophy and cosmology at the center of Chinese beliefs. Traditionally it was believed that IChing had originated originated with the mythical Fu Hsi, one of the earliest legendary rulers of China. In Iching, "ching" means book and "I" means change, so the name basically translates as "The Book of Changes". The Iching has also been studied by a large number of philosophers including Confucius.

CREATING A HEAXAGRAM
CH`IEN
K`UN
CHUN
MENG
HSU
SUNG
SHIH
PI
HSIAO
LU
T`AI
P`I
T`UNG
TA YU
YU
SUI
KU
LIN
KUAN
SHIH HO
PO
FU
WU WANG
TA CH`U
YI
TA KUO
K`AN
HSIEN
HENG
TUN
TA CHUANG
CHIN
MING YI
CHIA JEN
K`UEI
HSIEH
SUN
KUAI
KOU
TS`UI
SHENG
CHING
KO
TING
CHEN
KEN
KUEI MEI
FENG
TUI
HUAN
CHIEH
CHUNG FU
HSIAO KUO
CHI CHI
WEI CHI

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