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Interpreting hexagrams

Comments on whole hexagrams, individual lines and so on

ICC: Light on the Dark Bird

ICC: Light on the Dark Bird Freeman Crouch, he of the remarkable Chameleon Book, has revived this topic. Light is being cast on the character and the trials of Jizi.

Hexagram 38, line 1 and Sai Weng

There is an old Chinese story – I haven’t been able to find out for sure where it comes from or how old it really is (anyone?) – known as Sai Weng shi ma: the old man of the border loses his horse. You probably know it…

The old man has a horse and a son, and the neighbours think him very fortunate. Then one day his horse runs away, and the neighbours commiserate. ‘What bad luck!’ they say. ‘Maybe,’ says he.

Hexagram 15 and Josh Hinds?

Has Josh Hinds, motivational writer, ever heard of the Yijing? Maybe, who knows. But this article of his on integrity sounds eerily reminiscent of Hexagram 15. What caught my eye is the title: ‘Hold Tight to your Integrity’. The name of Hexagram 15 is based on a character for ‘uniting’… Read more »Hexagram 15 and Josh Hinds?

Light on 56, line 1

Every once in a while there’s a Yijing line that brings a quotation to mind, or a quotation that brings a line to mind, and suddenly comprehension bursts in. It just found its way in for me, to a quartet of lines. Hexagram 56, line 1: ‘The wanderer: fragments and… Read more »Light on 56, line 1