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Sixty-Four Hexagrams

Yijing symbol systems

Names across languages

中文
六十四卦
English
Sixty-Four Hexagrams
日本語
六十四卦
한국어
육십사괘

Alternate names: 64 hexagrams; liùshísì guà

Reviewed definition

Sixty-Four Hexagrams (六十四卦) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The sixty-four six-line figures formed by pairing the Eight Trigrams. They structure the received Yijing text and its commentaries, while later technical traditions apply different sequences and correspondences. This library explains it within the Yijing symbol systems domain and distinguishes historical description, lineage rules, observable spatial data and later symbolic interpretation.

Historical context

The modern meaning of this term accumulated through classical texts, commentaries, regional practice and later systematization. Review used “Book of Changes: Shuo Gua” for historical, textual or material context; that source does not establish that every later lineage uses the term identically.

Modern-use note

Today, Sixty-Four Hexagrams may be used in terminology teaching, source indexing, case annotation, compass or landform documentation and comparison of lineage rules. Professional records should state edition, directional reference, scale, date, observations and uncertainty so another reader can trace the reasoning.

日本語

現代では、用語教育、文献索引、事例注記、地形・方位資料の説明に利用できる。版、流派、尺度、測定基準、日付と不確実性を明示し、結論だけでなく根拠を追跡できる形で記録する。

한국어

현대에는 용어 교육, 문헌 색인, 사례 주석, 지형·방위 자료 설명에 활용할 수 있다. 판본, 유파, 척도, 측정 기준, 날짜와 불확실성을 밝혀 결론뿐 아니라 근거를 추적할 수 있게 기록한다.

Limitations and cross-cultural caution

This term records a cultural, historical or lineage-specific interpretive framework. It must not be presented as established scientific causation or a guarantee of health, wealth, relationships, examinations or investment outcomes. Building, structural, fire, environmental, medical, legal and financial matters require applicable rules, measurements and qualified advice.

Cross-cultural writing should retain 六十四卦 with a transliteration or conventional translation. Japanese “六十四卦”, Korean “육십사괘” and English “Sixty-Four Hexagrams” may have different local ranges; similar labels do not make methods, historical authority or practical conclusions identical.

Reviewed sources

Citations show what the review relied on. Contextual coverage supports description or tradition, not scientific causation.

Book of Changes: Shuo Gua

Bilingual primary-text repository used for trigram, line, directional and Three-Powers terminology.

PrimaryTextRepository · Chinese Text Project; James Legge translation · 1899 · Trigrams, lines, directions and Three Powers

Open source