Calligraphy showing trigrams laid out in each of eight directions

I Ching / Book of Changes: Book I

Richard Wilhelm’s and Cary F. Baynes’ translations of the classic "I Ching: Or, Book of Changes"

3rd. ed., Bollingen Series XIX, (Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1967, 1st ed. 1950).

MOST RECENT UPDATE: May 16, 2011

Most recent changes:The site now functions without requiring the use of a mouse. We also broke the long pages formerly reflecting Part 1 and Part 2 into shorter ones containing ten to twelve hexagrams apiece, for faster load time. The table of contents (list) has been tweaked for better accessibility, which also changes display for wide screens.

Gratitude to all the feedback encouraging us in ways to expand and improve.

Key to Hexagrams:

below	trigrams
KEY	above	Ch’ien	Chên	K’an	Kên	K’un	Sun	Li	Tui
Ch’ien		1	34	5	26	11	9	14	43
Chên		25	51	3	27	24	42	21	17
K’an		6	40	29	4	7	59	64	47
Kên		33	62	39	52	15	53	56	31
K’un		12	16	8	23	2	20	35	45
Sun		44	32	48	18	46	57	50	28
Li		13	55	63	22	36	37	30	49
Tui		10	54	60	41	19	61	38	58

Book I

Part 1
- 1 Ch’ien 乾 The Creative ~ LINES
- 2 K’un 坤 The Receptive ~ LINES
- 3 Chun 屯 Difficulty at the Beginning ~ LINES
- 4 Mêng 蒙 Youthful Folly ~ LINES
- 5 Hsü 需 Waiting (Nourishment) ~ LINES
- 6 Sung 訟 Conflict ~ LINES
- 7 Shih 師 The Army ~ LINES
- 8 Pi 比 Holding Together [Union] ~ LINES
- 9 Hsiao Ch’u 小畜 The Taming Power of the Small ~ LINES
- 10 Lü 履 Treading [Conduct] ~ LINES
- 11 T’ai 泰 Peace ~ LINES
- 12 P’i 否 Standstill [Stagnation] ~ LINES
- 13 T’ung Jên 同人 Fellowship with Men ~ LINES
- 14 Ta Yu 大有 Possession in Great Measure ~ LINES
- 15 Ch’ien 謙 Modesty ~ LINES
- 16 Yü 豫 Enthusiasm ~ LINES
- 17 Sui 隨 Following ~ LINES
- 18 Ku 蠱 Work on what has been spoiled [Decay] ~ LINES
- 19 Lin 臨 Approach ~ LINES
- 20 Kuan 觀 Contemplation (View) ~ LINES
- 21 Shih Ho 噬嗑 Biting Through ~ LINES
- 22 Pi 賁 Grace ~ LINES
- 23 Po 剝 Splitting Apart ~ LINES
- 24 Fu 復 Return (The Turning Point) ~ LINES
- 25 Wu Wang 無妄 Innocence (The Unexpected) ~ LINES
- 26 Ta Ch’u 大畜 The Taming Power of the Great ~ LINES
- 27 I 頤 Corners of the Mouth (Providing Nourishment) ~ LINES
- 28 Ta Kuo 大過 Preponderance of the Great ~ LINES
- 29 K’an 坎 The Abysmal (Water) ~ LINES
- 30 Li 離 The Clinging, Fire ~ LINES
Part 2
- 31 Hsien 咸 Influence (Wooing) ~ LINES
- 32 Hêng 恆 Duration ~ LINES
- 33 Tun 遯 Retreat ~ LINES
- 34 Ta Chuang 大壯 The Power of the Great ~ LINES
- 35 Chin 晉 Progress ~ LINES
- 36 Ming I 明夷 Darkening of the light ~ LINES
- 37 Chia Jên 家人 The Family [The Clan] ~ LINES
- 38 K’uei 睽 Opposition ~ LINES
- 39 Chien 蹇 Obstruction ~ LINES
- 40 Hsieh 解 Deliverance ~ LINES
- 41 Sun 損 Decrease ~ LINES
- 42 I 益 Increase ~ LINES
- 43 Kuai 夬 Break-through (Resoluteness) ~ LINES
- 44 Kou 姤 Coming to Meet ~ LINES
- 45 Ts’ui 萃 Gathering Together [Massing] ~ LINES
- 46 Shêng 升 Pushing Upward ~ LINES
- 47 K’un 困 Oppression (Exhaustion) ~ LINES
- 48 Ching 井 The Well ~ LINES
- 49 Ko 革 Revolution (Molting) ~ LINES
- 50 Ting 鼎 The Caldron ~ LINES
- 51 Chên 震 The Arousing (Shock, Thunder) ~ LINES
- 52 Kên 艮 Keeping Still, Mountain ~ LINES
- 53 Chien 漸 Development (Gradual Progress) ~ LINES
- 54 Kuei Mei 歸妹 The Marrying Maiden ~ LINES
- 55 Fêng 豐 Abundance [Fullness] ~ LINES
- 56 Lü 旅 The Wanderer ~ LINES
- 57 Sun 巽 The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind) ~ LINES
- 58 Tui 兌 The Joyous, Lake ~ LINES
- 59 Huan 渙 Dispersion [Dissolution] ~ LINES
- 60 Chieh 節 Limitation ~ LINES
- 61 Chung Fu 中孚 Inner Truth ~ LINES
- 62 Hsiao Kuo 小過 Preponderance of the Small ~ LINES
- 63 Chi Chi 既濟 After Completion ~ LINES
- 64 Wei Chi 未濟 Before Completion ~ LINES

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Thanks go to a number of persons who saved me the trouble of typing a first draft of Book I, including Akira Rabelais and anonymous graduate students across the U.S.

The general layout is largely consistent with the printed 1967 Wilhelm/Baynes edition so those familiar with that arrangement would find using this site a natural transition. We intend to grow this site over time until the entire Wilhelm tome is available online. It is also our hope you find this the best site for traditional use of the I Ching. Please let us know if you find the appearance pleasing and the site function clear and easy to use. Any suggestions for improvement may be made via e-mail. Thanks to all who write with comments and suggestions. We are now focusing on redesign of the entire site and will soon put up a sample page for our visitors to check out and review. It features faster load times, better linking of cross-references, and better support for UD principles.

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