I Ching (Book of Changes)

The Sixty-Four Hexagrams

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The Eight Trigrams (Pa Kua)

Symbol Chinese English Attribute Image Family
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 Ch'ien the Creative strong heaven father
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 K'un the Receptive devoted,
yielding 		earth mother
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 Chên the Arousing inciting,
movement 		thunder first son
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 K'an the Abysmal dangerous water second son
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 Kên Keeping Still resting mountain third son
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 Sun the Gentle penetrating wind,
wood 		first daughter
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 Li the Clinging light-giving fire second daughter
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 Tui the Joyous joyful lake third daughter

I Ching (Yi Jing) History

The Chinese Book of Changes, the Yi Jing, was compiled, as we know it today, by King Wen at the end of the Shang dynasty in the 12th century b.c. His sources were the oracular traditions employed by the sages of the Shang dynasty, which, according to legend, were originally devised at the dawn of civilization by the mythical culture hero Fu Xi, who had also invented writing, fishing, and trapping.
--Sabazius, Probability and the Yi Jing

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