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With a little bit of effort I managed to add a feature to the E-KING software which enables the user to reproduce the results for any pair of Primary Hexagram and Evolved Hexagram that have been obtained in some previous oracle consulting session using other methods. This feature is particularly useful when there are multiple moving lines involved. In these cases E-KING can provide further insight by presenting the progression of hexagrams as the moving lines change state gradually, one at a time .
For instance, we can take a look at a well-known example which had been provided by Carl Jung. Writing the foreword to Richard Wilhelm's "The Book of Changes", Jung had described how he asked I Ching for its judgement about his intention to help presenting and introducing the Book of Changes to the Western world. The response that Jung obtained was hexagram 50 (The Cauldron), with moving lines leading to the evolved hexagram 35 (Progress) . Jung had analysed the symbols and the texts pertaining to these hexagrams in some length. Overall, he had thought the oracle paints a positive and optimistic outlook for his endeavour . A full description of how Jung had interpreted these results can be found here:
www.iging.com/intro/foreword.htm
By feeding this hexagram pair (50 and 35) into the E-KING software, it's possible to gain some more interesting insight into this particular experiment of Jung, with the emergence of a hexagram-progression consisting of two stages:
The original Chinese text is very terse, and obscure . One would have to rely on many additional clues such as the pictorial shape of the hexagram symbol, its numerical order in the full set of 64 hexagrams, and the pre-assigned weight of importance for each of the six lines in order to make some sensible interpretation .
Translated literally, the Chinese commentary for hexagram 50 contains only four words:
Cauldron, wholesome good, favourable .
The lines have commentary which offers relatively more clues:
Line 2: The pot has food, some are envious of me, they can't get me,all is well .
Line 3: The pot handle deforms, stuck unable to move, cannot eat the pheasant fat, it's about to rain, no need to regret, all is well in the end.
Overall, it seems to me that every Yi-King hexagram is more or less like an encrusted curious-looking artifact extracted from an ancient mine. To determine its hidden nature, copious amount of sand and grit would have to be thrown at it, to grind it over and over until something would shine from its core . In the process, perhaps some inner mental or emotional tension within the questioner may also be unblocked, stealthily bring subtle relief to all who participate in the quest .
Jung's effort to help introduce the Book of Changes to the West has indeed proved to be very beneficial to a great many. ( I count myself among those who receive the benefits of his work).
With a little bit of effort I managed to add a feature to the E-KING software which enables the user to reproduce the results for any pair of Primary Hexagram and Evolved Hexagram that have been obtained in some previous oracle consulting session using other methods. This feature is particularly useful when there are multiple moving lines involved. In these cases E-KING can provide further insight by presenting the progression of hexagrams as the moving lines change state gradually, one at a time .
For instance, we can take a look at a well-known example which had been provided by Carl Jung. Writing the foreword to Richard Wilhelm's "The Book of Changes", Jung had described how he asked I Ching for its judgement about his intention to help presenting and introducing the Book of Changes to the Western world. The response that Jung obtained was hexagram 50 (The Cauldron), with moving lines leading to the evolved hexagram 35 (Progress) . Jung had analysed the symbols and the texts pertaining to these hexagrams in some length. Overall, he had thought the oracle paints a positive and optimistic outlook for his endeavour . A full description of how Jung had interpreted these results can be found here:
www.iging.com/intro/foreword.htm
By feeding this hexagram pair (50 and 35) into the E-KING software, it's possible to gain some more interesting insight into this particular experiment of Jung, with the emergence of a hexagram-progression consisting of two stages:
The original Chinese text is very terse, and obscure . One would have to rely on many additional clues such as the pictorial shape of the hexagram symbol, its numerical order in the full set of 64 hexagrams, and the pre-assigned weight of importance for each of the six lines in order to make some sensible interpretation .
Translated literally, the Chinese commentary for hexagram 50 contains only four words:
Cauldron, wholesome good, favourable .
The lines have commentary which offers relatively more clues:
Line 2: The pot has food, some are envious of me, they can't get me,all is well .
Line 3: The pot handle deforms, stuck unable to move, cannot eat the pheasant fat, it's about to rain, no need to regret, all is well in the end.
Overall, it seems to me that every Yi-King hexagram is more or less like an encrusted curious-looking artifact extracted from an ancient mine. To determine its hidden nature, copious amount of sand and grit would have to be thrown at it, to grind it over and over until something would shine from its core . In the process, perhaps some inner mental or emotional tension within the questioner may also be unblocked, stealthily bring subtle relief to all who participate in the quest .
Jung's effort to help introduce the Book of Changes to the West has indeed proved to be very beneficial to a great many. ( I count myself among those who receive the benefits of his work).