I Ching hexagram 54, depicted ||:|:: is named 歸妹 (gui1 mei4), Converting The Maiden. Other translations: R. Wilhelm/C. Baynes, The Marrying Maiden; E. Shaughnessy (Mawangdui), Returning Maiden. Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ...

Image of I Ching hexagram 54. ...

• Inner (lower) trigram is ☱ (||: 兌 dui4) Open = (澤) swamp
• Outer (upper) trigram is ☳ (|:: 震 zhen4) Shake = (雷) thunder
• The trigrams can be read bottom to top as "With self-reflection (lake in lower) comes awareness (thunder in upper)"

Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ... A hexagram is any of the sixty-four sets of solid and broken lines used in the Chinese classic text I Ching. ... I Ching hexagram 01, depicted |||||| is named ä¹¾ (qián), Force. ... I Ching hexagram 02, depicted :::::: is named 坤 (kÅ«n), Field. ... I Ching hexagram 03, depicted |:::|: is named 屯 (chún), Sprouting. ... I Ching hexagram 04, depicted :|:::| is named è’™ (meng2), Enveloping. ... I Ching hexagram 05, depicted |||:|: is named 需 (xu1) Attending. ... I Ching hexagram 06, depicted :|:||| is named 訟 (song4), Arguing. ... I Ching hexagram 07, depicted :|:::: is named 師 (shi1), Leading. ... I Ching hexagram 08, depicted ::::|: is named 比 (bi3), Grouping. ... I Ching hexagram 09, depicted |||:|| is named 小畜 (xiao3 chu4), Small Accumulating. ... I Ching hexagram 10, depicted ||:||| is named å±¥ (lu3), Treading. ... I Ching hexagram 11, depicted |||::: is named æ³° (tai4), Prevading. ... I Ching hexagram 12, depicted :::||| is named 否 (pi3), Obstruction. ... I Ching hexagram 13, depicted |:|||| is named 同人 (tong2 ren2), Concording People. ... I Ching hexagram 14, depicted ||||:| is named 大有 (da4 you3), Great Possessing. ... I Ching hexagram 15, depicted ::|::: is named 謙 (qian1), Humbling. ... I Ching hexagram 16, depicted :::|:: is named 豫 (yu4), Providing-For. ... I Ching hexagram 17, depicted |::||: is named 隨 (sui2), Following. ... I Ching hexagram 18, depicted :||::| is named è ± (gu3), Corrupting. ... I Ching hexagram 19, depicted ||:::: is named 臨 (lin2), Nearing. ... I Ching hexagram 20, depicted ::::|| is named 觀 (guan1), Viewing. ... I Ching hexagram 21, depicted |::|:| is named 噬嗑 (shi4 ke4), Gnawing Bite. ... I Ching hexagram 22, depicted |:|::| is named 賁 (bi4), Adorning. ... I Ching hexagram 23, depicted :::::| is named 剝 (bo1), Stripping. ... I Ching hexagram 24, depicted |::::: is named 復 (fù), Returning. ... I Ching hexagram 25, depicted |::||| is named 無妄 (wu2 wang4), Without Embroiling. ... I Ching hexagram 26, depicted |||::| is named 大畜 (da4 chu4), Great Accumulating. ... I Ching hexagram 27, depicted |::::| is named é ¤ (yi2), Swallowing. ... I Ching hexagram 28, depicted :||||: is named 大過 (da4 guo4), Great Exceeding. ... I Ching hexagram 29, depicted :|::|: is named 坎 (kan3), Gorge. ... I Ching hexagram 30, depicted |:||:| is named 離 (li2), Radiance. ... I Ching hexagram 31, depicted ::|||: is named å’¸ (xian2), Conjoining. ... I Ching hexagram 32, depicted :|||:: is named 恆 (heng2), Persevering. ... I Ching hexagram 33, depicted ::|||| is named 遯 (dun4), Retiring. ... I Ching hexagram 34, depicted ||||:: is named 大壯 (da4 zhuang4), Great Invigorating. ... I Ching hexagram 35, depicted :::|:| is named 晉 (jin4), Prospering. ... I Ching hexagram 36, depicted |:|::: is named 明夷 (ming2 yi2), Brightness Hiding. ... I Ching hexagram 37, depicted |:|:|| is named 家人 (jia1 ren2), Dwelling People. ... I Ching hexagram 38, depicted ||:|:| is named 睽 (kui2), Polarising. ... I Ching hexagram 39, depicted ::|:|: is named 蹇 (jian3), Limping. ... I Ching hexagram 40, depicted :|:|:: is named 解 (xie4), Taking-Apart. ... I Ching hexagram 41, depicted ||:::| is named 損 (sun3), Diminishing. ... I Ching hexagram 42, depicted |:::|| is named 益 (yi4), Augmenting. ... I Ching hexagram 43, depicted |||||: is named 夬 (guai4), Parting. ... I Ching hexagram 44, depicted :||||| is named 姤 (gou4), Coupling. ... I Ching hexagram 45, depicted :::||: is named 萃 (cui4), Clustering. ... I Ching hexagram 46, depicted :||::: is named 升 (sheng1), Ascending. ... I Ching hexagram 47, depicted :|:||: is named å›° (kun4), Confining. ... I Ching hexagram 48, depicted :||:|: is named 井 (jing3), Welling. ... I Ching hexagram 49, depicted |:|||: is named 革 (ge2), Skinning. ... I Ching hexagram 50, depicted :|||:| is named 鼎 (ding3), Holding. ... I Ching hexagram 51, depicted |::|:: is named 震 (zhen4), Shake. ... I Ching hexagram 52, depicted ::|::| is named 艮 (gèn), Bound. ... I Ching hexagram 53, depicted ::|:|| is named 漸 (jian4), Infiltrating. ... I Ching hexagram 55, depicted |:||:: is named 豐 (feng1), Abounding. ... I Ching hexagram 56, depicted ::||:| is named 旅 (lu3), Sojourning. ... I Ching hexagram 57, depicted :||:|| is named å·½ (xun4), Ground. ... I Ching hexagram 58, depicted ||:||: is named 兌 (dui4), Open. ... I Ching hexagram 59, depicted :|::|| is named 渙 (huan4), Dispersing. ... I Ching hexagram 60, depicted ||::|: is named 節 (jie2), Articulating. ... I Ching hexagram 61, depicted ||::|| is named 中孚 (zhong1 fu2), Centre Confirming. ... I Ching hexagram 62, depicted ::||:: is named 小過 (xiao3 guo4), Small Exceeding. ... I Ching hexagram 63, depicted |:|:|: is named 既濟 (ji4 ji4), Already Fording. ... I Ching hexagram 64, depicted :|:|:| is named 未濟 (wei4 ji4), Not-Yet Fording. ...

The Self-Referencing I Ching : using the I Ching to describe itself

The following material is drawn from analysis of the binary sequence of the hexagrams where the hexagrams are derived from recursion of yin/yang and so showing a property of the method - the hexagrams are all linked together and contribute to the expression of, the description of, each hexagram.

• The skeletal form of hexagram 54 is described by analogy to the under-exaggerated properties of hexagram 64 where we have a generic focus on avoiding closure, on getting a sequence 'incorrect'. 54 as such reflects issues of immaturity (compared to its opposite, 53, that covers maturing). These issues can cover intentional immature acts but also those where circumstances force someone to have to 'grow up' very quickly; there is no 'fault' as such and within the skeletal form of 64 is a sense of trying to avoid closure, to remain 'open' and so use that to 'mature' in these immature contexts.