The 64 Hexagrams · 六十四卦

The I Ching (Book of Changes) is built from 64 six-line figures. Each hexagram pairs two trigrams and carries a Judgment (卦辞) plus six line statements (爻辞) — the classical text readers have consulted for three thousand years. Every entry below gives the Chinese name, the English meaning, the full classical text with James Legge's 1882 translation, and a modern interpretation.

Want your own? Cast a free I Ching reading — toss the coins online and get a plain-English interpretation of your hexagram.