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I Ching: Book of Changes (circa 1000 B.C.)
Richard Wilhelm & Cary F. Baynes Translation, 1950

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1. Ch'ien / The Creative
2. K'un / The Receptive
3. Chun / Difficulty at the Beginning
4. Mêng / Youthful Folly
5. Hsü / Waiting (Nourishment)
6. Sung/ Conflict
7. Shih / The Army
8. Pi / Holding Together [union]
9. Hsiao Ch'u / The Taming Power of the Small
10. Lü / Treading [conduct]
11. T'ai / Peace
12. P'i / Standstill [Stagnation]
13. T'ung Jên / Fellowship with Men
14. Ta Yu / Possession in Great Measure
15. Ch'ien / Modesty
16. Yü / Enthusiasm
17. Sui / Following
18. Ku / Work on what has been spoiled [ Decay ]
19. Lin /Approach
20. Kuan / Contemplation (View)
21. Shih Ho / Biting Through
22. Pi / Grace
23. Po / Splitting Apart
24. Fu / Return (The Turning Point)
25. Wu Wang / Innocence (The Unexpected)
26. Ta Ch'u / The Taming Power of the Great
27. I / Corners of the Mouth (Providing Nourishment)
28. Ta Kuo / Preponderance of the Great
29. K'an / The Abysmal (Water)
30. Li / The Clinging, Fire
31.Hsien / Influence (Wooing)
32. Hêng / Duration
33. TUN / Retreat
34. Ta Chuang / The Power of the Great
35. Chin / Progress
36. Ming I / Darkening of the light
37. Chia Jên / The Family [The Clan]
38. K'uei / Opposition
39. Chien / Obstruction
40. Hsieh / Deliverance
41. Sun / Decrease
42. I / Increase
43. Kuai / Break-through (Resoluteness)
44. Kou / Coming to Meet
45. Ts'ui / GatheringTogether [Massing]
46. Shêng / Pushing Upward
47. K'un / Oppression (Exhaustion)
48. Ching / The Well
49. Ko / Revolution (Molting)
50. Ting / The Cauldron
51. Chên / The Arousing (Shock, Thunder)
52. Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain
53. Chien / Development (Gradual Progress)
54. Kuei Mei / The Marrying Maiden
55. Fêng / Abundance [Fullness]
56. Lü / The Wanderer
57. Sun / The Gentle(The Penetrating, Wind)
58. Tui / The Joyous, Lake
59. Huan / Dispersion [Dissolution]
60. Chieh / Limitation
61. Chung Fu / Inner Truth
62. Hsiao Kuo / Preponderance of the Small
63. Chi Chi / After Completion
64. Wei Chi / Before Completion

1. Ch'ien / The Creative

above CH'IEN THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN
below CH'IEN THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN

Thefirst hexagram is made up of six unbroken lines. These unbroken lines
stand for the primal power, which is light-giving, active, strong, and of the
spirit. The hexagram is consistently strong in character, and since it is
without weakness, its essence is power or energy. Its image is heaven. Its
energy is represented as unrestricted by any fixed conditions in space and is
therefore conceived ofas motion. Time is regarded as the basis of this
motion. Thus the hexagram includes also the power of time and the power
of persisting in time, that is, duration.
The power represented by the hexagram is to be interpreted in a dual sense
in terms of its action on the universe and of its action on the world of men.
In relation to the universe, the hexagram expresses the strong, creativeaction
of the Deity. In relation to the human world, it denotes the creative action of
the holy man or sage, of the ruler or leader of men, who through his power
awakens and develops their higher nature.

THE JUDGMENT

THE CREATIVE works sublime success,
Furthering through perseverance.

According to the original meaning, the attributes [sublimity, potentiality of
success, powerto further, perseverance] are paired. When an individual
draws this oracle, it means that success will come to him from the primal
depths of the universe and that everything depends upon his seeking his
happiness and that of others in one way only, that is, by perseverance in what
is right.
The specific meanings of the four attributes became the subject of
speculation at an early date....