Sanwen

The 64 hexagrams

The 64 hexagrams of the I Ching in King Wen order, each with its judgment, a plain-language reading and the meaning of its trigrams.

How a hexagram is cast

The three-coin method: toss three coins together, counting heads as 3 and tails as 2. The total, 6, 7, 8 or 9, gives one line; six tosses, recorded from the bottom up, make a hexagram. A 6 (old yin) or 9 (old yang) is a changing line, which turns this hexagram into another and shows where things are heading.

  1. 1. The Creative (Qián)
  2. 2. The Receptive (Kūn)
  3. 3. Difficulty at the Beginning (Zhūn)
  4. 4. Youthful Folly (Méng)
  5. 5. Waiting (Xū)
  6. 6. Conflict (Sòng)
  7. 7. The Army (Shī)
  8. 8. Holding Together (Bǐ)
  9. 9. Small Taming (Xiǎo Xù)
  10. 10. Treading (Lǚ)
  11. 11. Peace (Tài)
  12. 12. Standstill (Pǐ)
  13. 13. Fellowship (Tóng Rén)
  14. 14. Great Possession (Dà Yǒu)
  15. 15. Modesty (Qiān)
  16. 16. Enthusiasm (Yù)
  17. 17. Following (Suí)
  18. 18. Work on What Has Spoiled (Gǔ)
  19. 19. Approach (Lín)
  20. 20. Contemplation (Guān)
  21. 21. Biting Through (Shì Kè)
  22. 22. Grace (Bì)
  23. 23. Splitting Apart (Bō)
  24. 24. Return (Fù)
  25. 25. Innocence (Wú Wàng)
  26. 26. Great Taming (Dà Xù)
  27. 27. Nourishment (Yí)
  28. 28. Great Excess (Dà Guò)
  29. 29. The Abysmal Water (Kǎn)
  30. 30. The Clinging Fire (Lí)
  31. 31. Influence (Xián)
  32. 32. Duration (Héng)
  33. 33. Retreat (Dùn)
  34. 34. Great Power (Dà Zhuàng)
  35. 35. Progress (Jìn)
  36. 36. Darkening of the Light (Míng Yí)
  37. 37. The Family (Jiā Rén)
  38. 38. Opposition (Kuí)
  39. 39. Obstruction (Jiǎn)
  40. 40. Deliverance (Xiè)
  41. 41. Decrease (Sǔn)
  42. 42. Increase (Yì)
  43. 43. Breakthrough (Guài)
  44. 44. Coming to Meet (Gòu)
  45. 45. Gathering Together (Cuì)
  46. 46. Pushing Upward (Shēng)
  47. 47. Oppression (Kùn)
  48. 48. The Well (Jǐng)
  49. 49. Revolution (Gé)
  50. 50. The Cauldron (Dǐng)
  51. 51. The Arousing Thunder (Zhèn)
  52. 52. Keeping Still (Gèn)
  53. 53. Development (Jiàn)
  54. 54. The Marrying Maiden (Guī Mèi)
  55. 55. Abundance (Fēng)
  56. 56. The Wanderer (Lǚ)
  57. 57. The Gentle Wind (Xùn)
  58. 58. The Joyous Lake (Duì)
  59. 59. Dispersion (Huàn)
  60. 60. Limitation (Jié)
  61. 61. Inner Truth (Zhōng Fú)
  62. 62. Small Excess (Xiǎo Guò)
  63. 63. After Completion (Jì Jì)
  64. 64. Before Completion (Wèi Jì)