1. Creative Power
Exert your will. |
33. Retreat
Avoid exhibiting anger. |
2. Natural Response
Use moral excellence. |
34. Great Power
Follow conventions. |
3. Difficult Beginnings
Focus on principle. |
35. Progress
Reveal your intelligent virtues. |
4. Inexperience
Cultivate your character. |
36. Censorship
Keep intelligence concealed. |
5. Calculated Waiting
Relax in comfort. |
37. Family
Express substance in your words. |
6. Conflict
Plan the beginning carefully. |
38. Contradiction
Maintain individuality. |
7. Collective Force
Be generous to people. |
39. Obstacles
Look within yourself. |
8. Unity
Cultivate personal relationships. |
40. Liberation
Pardon other's faults. |
9. Restrained
Conceal virtuous conduct. |
41. Decline
Moderate your desires. |
10. Conduct
Discriminate superior and inferior. |
42. Benefit
Imitate benevolent action. |
11. Prospering
Interpret cosmic events. |
43. Resolution
Dispense resources downward. |
12. Stagnation
Be reserved in behavior. |
44. Temptation
Don't contract a relationship. |
13. Community
Recognize your fellow man. |
45. Assembling
Guard against paranoia. |
14. Sovereignty
Repress evil influences. |
46. Advancement
Accumulate small effects. |
15. Moderation
Reduce the excessive. |
47. Adversity
Take personal risks. |
16. Harmonize
Uphold virtuous ideals. |
48. The Source
Encourage others with advice. |
17. Adapting
Lead the way within. |
49. Changing
Harmonize with the past. |
18. Repair
Cultivate your virtues. |
50. Cosmic Order
Align with the cosmic forces. |
19. Promotion
Support others without limit. |
51. Shocking
Seek to improve yourself. |
20. Contemplating
Inspire confidence. |
52. Meditation
Keep thoughts in check. |
21. Reform
Administer justice clearly. |
53. Developing
Operate in good conduct. |
22. Grace
Set goals in small matters only. |
54. Subordinate
See difficulty in light of future. |
23. Deterioration
Be generous to those below. |
55. Zenith
Arbitrate in disputes. |
24. Repeating
Close the end of the cycle. |
56. Traveling
Impose penalties carefully. |
25. Innocence
Align with the times. |
57. Penetrating Influence
Expand destiny. |
26. Potential Energy
Nourish your character. |
58. Encouraging
Exchange ideas with friends. |
27. Nourishing
Be cautious in expression. |
59. Reuniting
Establish a meeting place. |
28. Critical Mass
Act independently. |
60. Limitations
Evolve systems of regulation. |
29. Danger
Function as an educator. |
61. Insight
Moderate rigid ideas. |
30. Synergy
Cultivate intelligence. |
62. Conscientiousness
Conduct with respect. |
31. Attraction
Be open and accept others. |
63. After the End
Contemplate adversity. |
32. Continuing
Stand firm. |
64. Before the End
Discriminate carefully. |
Adapted from R. L. Wing, The Illustrated I Ching (New York: Doubleday & Company, 1982).