Lastly, I'll say if you want to learn more about the I Ching, there's always my (very) long post, 'Strategic Divination', which can tell you a lot about how to actually divine with the Book of Changes. I haven't included any of Legge's commentaries, but if you're curious about those, there's many places you can find the text of those for free, since it is public domain. I've also added the numbering I use, which I first learned from the Online Clarity community (16.4, 32.5, etc.) to make it easy for you to ctrl + f and find a specific line. Many great translators influenced these, especially Bradford Hatcher (whose (free) translation is still the one I reference the most, just because of the wealth of information included). I've added my (current, but subject to change) titles for each hexagram based on how I've seen them play out in real life. Basically, six means a yin line and nine means yang ( see my simplified explanation of the I Ching for more on the basics).īut because his translation is in the public domain (because it's so old), and because it's so good, I wanted to make it more easily referenceable for those that read my I Ching work, horoscopes, and other writing.īut I also wanted to make it a little more simple. When you see each line mentioning "six" and "nine," it makes you feel a little confused. Since I encountered it, early into my experience with the oracle, I haven't found a more lucid, or more straightforward translation of the I Ching than James Legge's.Įvery translation brings out different nuances of the 3000 year old book, but if I had to use one to divine with (other than my own experiences with each hexagram and line), I'd pick his.īut I know that when I first started working with the I Ching, which was (of course) with the Wilhelm translation, I was a little lost.
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