Which came first: trigrams or hexagrams?
I started a thread about this at the I Ching Community, and people have contributed some excellent information and ideas. Follow the link at the top of the page to get to the beginning of the discussion.
Connecting hexagrams
Speculations on relations between hexagrams: the Sequence, patterns of trigrams, nuclear hexagrams, etc
More trigrams in the sequence (hexagrams 6, 7 and 8)
Last time I splashed out on books I bought not just the shiny new Ritsema/Sabbadini, but also Sarah Allan’s The Shape of the Turtle. And I am enjoying it no end. She writes about Shang myth, but there are many, many resonances in the Zhouyi. But finding one with the… Read more »More trigrams in the sequence (hexagrams 6, 7 and 8)
Trigrams in the Sequence of Hexagrams
The more I look at the Sequence of hexagrams, the more it seems obvious that the trigrams are an intrinsic part of its logic. The patterns are there to be found. (Here’s a handy colour-coded trigram chart that makes it easier.) For an outstanding analysis of the large-scale patterns, the… Read more »Trigrams in the Sequence of Hexagrams
I Ching Landscape
I Ching Articles by Danny Van den Berghe. In the latest pdf file downloadable from here, I Ching Landscape, Danny not only describes the contours of the King Wen sequence in terms of the trigrams, but also maps this onto a Chinese landscape: specific rivers, lakes, and the Taishan mountain… Read more »I Ching Landscape