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 | | These hexagrams are based on the Eight Trigrams, each of which consists of three lines, divided or undivided, the divided representing the weak, or yin, and the undivided representing the strong, or yang. |
 | | Each of these eight corresponds to a direction, a natural element, a moral quality, etc. For example, ch'ien is heaven, k'un is earth, chen (activity) is thunder, sun (bending) is wind, k'an (pit) is water, li (brightness) is fire, ken (to stop) is mountain, and tui (pleasure) is a collection of water. |
 | | Following these sixty-four hexagrams and their discussions, there are (6) the hsi-tz'u or the appended re- marks, (7) the remarks on certain trigrams, (8) the remarks on the order of the hexagrams, and (9) the random remarks on the hexagrams. |
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