above  LI  THE CLINGING, FLAME below  CH’IEN  THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN The fire in heaven above shines far, and all things stand out in the light…

above  CH’IEN  THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN below  LI  THE CLINGING, FLAME The image of the upper trigram Ch’ien is heaven, and that of the lower, Li,…

above  CH’IEN  THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN below  K’UN  THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH this hexagram is the opposite of the preceding one. Heaven is above, drawing farther and…

above  K’UN  THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH below  CH’IEN  THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN The Receptive, which moves downward, stands above; the Creative, which moves upward, is below. Hence…

above  SUN  THE GENTLE, WIND below  CH’IEN  THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN this hexagram means the force of the small–the power of the shadowy–that restrains, tames, impedes.…

above  K’AN  THE ABYSMAL, WATER below  K’UN  THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH The waters on the surface of the earth flow together wherever they can, as for…

above K’UN THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH below K’AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER this hexagram is made up of the trigrams K’an, water, and K’un, earth, and thus…

above  K’AN  THE ABYSMAL, WATER below  CH’IEN  THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN All beings have need of nourishment from above. But the gift of food comes in…