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15019Analysis of Hexagram Changes1. The method for manipulating yarrow stalks1 consists of setting forth the number of the great expansion,2 then proceeding to lay down the two,3placing one apart, counting off,4 and placing between fingers5 in order to study the change in the making, with the odd and even, the old and the young.6 From there on, all of the sixty-four hexagrams can be obtained. When a hexagram is cast as the result of the divination procedure, it is ab-solutely mandatory to examine the changes of nine and six,7 then one must distinguish between the inner and outer trigrams8 and look at the root and changed hexagrams.9 After this, one must read the commentaries for each line as well as the judgments about each of these hexagrams.10 Through each of the transformations of the sixty-four hexagrams, all of the hexa-grams are obtained, and the total sum produced by the divination proce-dure amounts to 4,096 hexagrams.11 That is what is meant by “continue, go further, and add.”122. Master Zhu further developed the hermeneutics of hexagram changes13 and arranged them into thirty-two charts.14 When one consid-ers these charts by reversing them, they actually encompass the complete sixty-four hexagrams. In each of these charts, there are six cases when one line changes, fifteen cases when two lines change, twenty cases when three lines change, fifteen cases when four lines change, six cases when five lines change, one case when six lines change, and there is one case when none of the six lines change.153. When the hexagram cast by the divination procedure has a change of one or two lines, it can be found in the abovementioned thirty-two charts and prognostication must be based on the root hexagram and the commentaries on the lines of this hexagram. When it has a change of four or five lines, it can be found among the hexagrams that come after these thirty-two and prognostication must thus be based on the changed hexa-gram and the commentaries on the lines of this second hexagram.16 It is only when three lines change that the hexagram totals up to twenty hexa-
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15019Analysis of Hexagram Changes1. The method for manipulating yarrow stalks1 consists of setting forth the number of the great expansion,2 then proceeding to lay down the two,3placing one apart, counting off,4 and placing between fingers5 in order to study the change in the making, with the odd and even, the old and the young.6 From there on, all of the sixty-four hexagrams can be obtained. When a hexagram is cast as the result of the divination procedure, it is ab-solutely mandatory to examine the changes of nine and six,7 then one must distinguish between the inner and outer trigrams8 and look at the root and changed hexagrams.9 After this, one must read the commentaries for each line as well as the judgments about each of these hexagrams.10 Through each of the transformations of the sixty-four hexagrams, all of the hexa-grams are obtained, and the total sum produced by the divination proce-dure amounts to 4,096 hexagrams.11 That is what is meant by “continue, go further, and add.”122. Master Zhu further developed the hermeneutics of hexagram changes13 and arranged them into thirty-two charts.14 When one consid-ers these charts by reversing them, they actually encompass the complete sixty-four hexagrams. In each of these charts, there are six cases when one line changes, fifteen cases when two lines change, twenty cases when three lines change, fifteen cases when four lines change, six cases when five lines change, one case when six lines change, and there is one case when none of the six lines change.153. When the hexagram cast by the divination procedure has a change of one or two lines, it can be found in the abovementioned thirty-two charts and prognostication must be based on the root hexagram and the commentaries on the lines of this hexagram. When it has a change of four or five lines, it can be found among the hexagrams that come after these thirty-two and prognostication must thus be based on the changed hexa-gram and the commentaries on the lines of this second hexagram.16 It is only when three lines change that the hexagram totals up to twenty hexa-
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Preface xi
  5. I. Translator’s Introduction 1
  6. II. Translation Works of Hwadam
  7. 1. Preface to the Literary Collection of Master Hwadam— Wŏn Inson [1770] 33
  8. 2. New Preface to the Literary Collection of Master Hwadam— Yun Suk [1786] 41
  9. 3. Memorial Addressed to the Great King Chungjong Declining Appointment 49
  10. 4. Memorial Addressed to the Great King Injong Discussing the Error of Not Following the Ancients in the Regulations for Official Royal Mourning 52
  11. 5. Letter Answering Pak Kunsil 73
  12. 6. Additional Note in Reply to Pak Ijŏng 76
  13. 7. Additional Note in Reply to Pak Ijŏng and Pak Kunsil 78
  14. 8. Additional Note in Reply to Pak Ijŏng 80
  15. 9. The Source of the Patterning Principle and Vital Energy 81
  16. 10. Explanation of the Patterning Principle and Vital Energy 99
  17. 11. Explanation of the Supreme Void 104
  18. 12. Discussions about Spirits and Spiritual Forces, Death and Life 106
  19. 13. Explanation on Seeing the Mind of Heaven and Earth in “The Return” 114
  20. 14. On the Distinctive Characteristics of Hot Springs 122
  21. 15. Analysis of Finals and Initials 126
  22. 16. Postscript about the Details Left Unexplained in the Preceding Analysis of Finals and Initials 135
  23. 17. Analysis of the Numbers of the August Ultimate Going through the Ages 137
  24. 18. Analysis of the Chart of the Directional Positions of the Sixty-Four Hexagrams 144
  25. 19. Analysis of Hexagram Changes 150
  26. 20. Statement about Pak Ijŏng’s Courtesy Name with a Foreword 158
  27. 21. Statement about Kim Sasin’s Courtesy Name 162
  28. 22. Farewell Words to Teacher Sim 164
  29. 23. Inscriptions on a Stringless Zither 171
  30. 24. Inscription on a Zither 173
  31. 25. Chronological Biography 174
  32. 26. Tombstone Inscription—with Additional Note—Pak Minhŏn 182
  33. 27. List of Disciples 192
  34. 28. Postface to the Literary Collection of Master Hwadam— Yun Hyosŏn [1601] 204
  35. 29. Postface to the Literary Collection of Master Hwadam— Hong Pang [1605] 208
  36. 30. Postface to the Literary Collection of Master Hwadam— Kim Yonggyŏm [1752] 210
  37. 31. Postface to the Literary Collection of Master Hwadam— Yun Tŭkkwan [1770] 212
  38. 32. Postface to the Literary Collection of Master Hwadam— Ch’ae Wiha [1770] 216
  39. Bibliography 219
  40. Index 233
  41. About the Translator 243
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