King Wen "Later Heaven"
| 卦名 Name |
自然 Nature |
季节 Season |
性情 Personality |
家族 Family |
方位 Direction |
意義 Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 離 Li | 火 Fire | Summer | Clinging | 中女 Middle Daughter | 南 South | Rapid movement, radiance, the sun. |
| 坤 Kun | 地 Earth | Summer | Receptive | 母 Mother | 西南 Southwest | Receptive energy, that which yields. |
| 兌 Dui | 澤 Lake | Autumn | Joyous | 少女 Youngest Daughter | 西 West | Joy, satisfaction, stagnation. |
| 乾 Qian | 天 Heaven | Autumn | Creative | 父 Father | 西北 Northwest | Expansive energy, the sky. |
| 坎 Kan | 水 Water | Winter | Abysmal | 中男 Middle Son | 北 North | Danger, rapid rivers, the abyss, the moon. |
| 艮 Gen | 山 Mountain | Winter | Still | 少男 Youngest Son | 東北 Northeast | Stillness, immovability. |
| 震 Zhen | 雷 Thunder | Spring | Arousing | 長男 Eldest Son | 東 East | Excitation, revolution, division. |
| 巽 Xun | 風 Wind | Spring | Gentle | 長女 Eldest Daughter | 東南 Southeast | Gentle penetration, flexibility. |
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