Today’s hexagram is Lü, “Treading (Conduct)”, with no changing lines. The judgment refers to “Treading upon the tail of the tiger. It does not bite the man. Success”, and Wilhelm comments that: The weak follows behind the strong and worries it. The strong, however, acquiesces and does not hurt the weak, because the contact is […]

Tonight’s reading is I, “The Corners of the Mouth (Providing Nourishment), changing to Chia Jên, “The Family (The Clan)”. “Providing nourishment” refers to giving the proper sustenance to the proper things. Wilhelm quotes Mencius as saying: The body has superior and inferior, important and unimportant parts. We must not injure important parts for the sake […]

Tonight’s reading gives Ch’ien, “modesty”, moving to Shêng, “pushing upward”. Wilhelm comments on Ch’ien: It is the law of heaven to make fullness empty and to make full what is modest; when the sun is at its zenith, it must, according to the law of heaven, turn toward its setting, and at its nadir it […]

I have added a “resources” section to the web site this weekend. This is intended to house interactive tools, learning and practice applications, information and correspondence tables, other reference material, any anything else along those lines. Already added are: A live tool to simulate a random I Ching divination. All calculations are shown, enabling a […]