YIPHASEMEANING IN EVERY PHASE

START HERE · A VISUAL FIELD GUIDE开始 · 图文导读

Open the book.
Find your way.
打开这本书。
找到你的路径。

New to the I Ching? You are in the right place. Explore five illustrated chapters at your own pace. Think of this as your table of contents, not an exam.第一次接触《易经》?你来对地方了。按自己的节奏翻阅五章图解;把它当作目录和导读,不是一场考试。

Illustrated walkthrough · no automatic sound图文动态导览 · 无自动声音

Already familiar? Go to a reading →已熟悉?直接进入问易室 →

Your map to YiPhase你的 YiPhase 学习地图

I CHING FIRST · MEI HUA AS A COMPLEMENT易经为主干 · 梅花为补充

  1. 01 · ASK问Ask问Bring a question, or begin with an idea.带着问题,或从一个知识点开始。
  2. 02 · CAST起卦Cast起卦Coins, or Mei Hua’s moment method.三钱法,或梅花问时法。
  3. 03 · UNDERSTAND读卦Understand读卦See the overview; open the reasons.先看概览,再展开依据。
  4. 04 · LEARN学Learn学Return at your own pace.按自己的节奏继续。
01 · What is this place?这里是什么?01 / 05

A book you can enter.一本可以走进去的书。

易 经I CHINGCHANGE · 变ASK · 问OBSERVE · REFLECT · LEARN

An illustration you can explore. The explanation is beside it.图与文互相对应,跟着操作理解。

A book you can enter.一本可以走进去的书。

YiPhase is a place to learn and share the I Ching, the Book of Changes. Start by exploring its ideas, or bring a question and watch a six-line pattern take shape.YiPhase 是一起学习与分享《易经》的地方。你可以直接认识它的思想,也可以带着问题,亲自观察六爻怎样形成。

You do not need to know Chinese, memorize the symbols, or cast a reading before you can learn.不用先懂中文、背熟卦象,也不用先算一卦,才能开始学习。

One question can become a lesson. Your choices remain your own.一个问题,可以成为一堂课。如何行动,仍由你自己决定。
Meet the Book of Changes →认识《易经》 →
02 · Two ways to observe两种观察视角02 / 05

One situation. Two useful views.同一件事,两种互补的观察。

ONE SMALL EXHIBITION同一个小型展览计划 123Prepare · 准备Test · 小试Share · 展出What stage are we in?What is changing? · 哪些正在变化?

An illustration you can explore. The explanation is beside it.图与文互相对应,跟着操作理解。

One situation. Two useful views.同一件事,两种互补的观察。

Imagine planning a small exhibition with friends. The I Ching is our foundation: use its hexagrams and changing lines to reflect on the situation’s pattern, its stage, and what is shifting.假设你正在和朋友筹办一个小展览。《易经》是我们的主干:通过卦象与动爻,观察处境的形态、阶段与正在发生的变化。

Mei Hua Yi Shu adds a complementary lens. Its trigrams, Body/Use roles and Five Phases help you examine how the subject and its conditions interact. It also considers hexagrams and change.梅花易数补充另一个视角:借助八卦、体用与五行关系,观察主体和相关条件如何相互作用。它也包含卦象与变化,并非只有五行。

Before sharing the exhibition, what needs preparation or a small test?正式展出以前,哪些需要准备,哪些可以先小试?

Body & Use · 体用

Body and Use are interpretive roles within the hexagram. They are not arbitrary labels for every person in a scene; the everyday diagram helps you notice relevant relationships.体用是卦中的解读角色,不能随意给场景里的每个人贴上体或用。这里的生活关系图,帮助你先看见相关条件。

Explore Body, Use and the Five Phases →继续认识体用与五行 →
03 · How does a hexagram form?卦是怎样形成的?03 / 05

Three coins. One line. Six times.三钱成一爻,六次成一卦。

THREE COINS → ONE LINE3 + 3 + 3 = 9Six casts · 六次成卦Bottom → top · 从下往上123456YOUR SIX-LINE PATTERN

An illustration you can explore. The explanation is beside it.图与文互相对应,跟着操作理解。

Three coins. One line. Six times.三钱成一爻,六次成一卦。

In our three-coin method, Heads counts as 3 and Tails as 2. Add the three values: 6 and 8 form broken yin lines; 7 and 9 form unbroken yang lines. A total of 6 or 9 marks a changing line.本站三钱法中,正面为 3,反面为 2。三枚相加:6、8 为阴爻,7、9 为阳爻;总数为 6 或 9,表示这一爻是动爻。

Repeat six times, building from the bottom upwards. Try this fixed teaching example below; it does not cast a personal reading.重复六次,从下往上组成一卦。下面是固定的教学例子,不是在替你起个人问题的卦。

Ready: the first line will appear at the bottom.准备好了:第一爻会出现在最下方。

Live options: I Ching with coins; Mei Hua with a confirmed moment. Other methods are not available here yet.目前可用:易经三钱法、梅花问时法。其他方式尚未开放。

Try the live three-coin reading →体验正式三钱起卦 →
04 · How do I read the result?怎样读卦?04 / 05

See the overview. Open the reasons.先看概览,再翻开依据。

ORIGINAL · 本卦RESULTING · 之卦34 · 大壮32 · 恒Da Zhuang · Great PowerHeng · DurationLINE 1 CHANGES · 初爻由阳变阴

An illustration you can explore. The explanation is beside it.图与文互相对应,跟着操作理解。

See the overview. Open the reasons.先看概览,再翻开依据。

In this fixed sample, Da Zhuang 34, Great Power, changes at the first line to Heng 32, Duration. The pattern invites a question: how can energy become steady practice rather than a rushed start?这个固定示例中,大壮卦初爻变为恒卦。我们可以思考:怎样让力量成为持续的实践,而不是急于起步?

Read the overview first. Then open the structure, classical text and reflection separately. A reading offers a perspective; it does not promise a particular future.先读概览,再分别展开结构、经典原文和现代思考。卦提供一种观察角度,不保证某个未来必然发生。

1 · The structure1 · 卦象结构

Da Zhuang has Thunder above Heaven. The bottom, first line changes from yang to yin; the lower trigram becomes Wind. Thunder above Wind is Heng.大壮是震上乾下。最下方的初爻由阳变阴,下卦变成巽;震上巽下就是恒。

2 · The classical text2 · 经典原文
初九:壮于趾,征凶,有孚。

“Strength in the toes. Setting out is unfavorable; there is confidence.” — our brief working translation of Da Zhuang, line one. Read the complete lesson for context.“力量在脚趾,出征不利,有信。”——大壮初九的简短释义;完整背景请参看课程。

Read the full classical entry →查看完整经文 →
3 · A modern reflection3 · 现代思考

For the exhibition, enthusiasm alone is not readiness. Try a small setup, check who can help, and establish a pace you can sustain. This is a teaching interpretation, not part of the classical text.对展览来说,热情不等于准备充分。先小范围试摆,确认谁能帮忙,再找到能够持续的节奏。这是现代教学解读,并非经典原文。

Study all six lines of Da Zhuang →学习大壮的完整六爻 →
05 · How do I continue?怎样继续学习?05 / 05

A path, not a race.有路径,不必赶进度。

010203MEET THE SYMBOLSYin, yang and eight trigrams · 阴阳八卦FOLLOW A CHANGESix lines and their positions · 六爻与爻位KEEP LEARNINGYour pace. Your next question. · 由你决定下一步

An illustration you can explore. The explanation is beside it.图与文互相对应,跟着操作理解。

A path, not a race.有路径,不必赶进度。

Begin with yin and yang, meet the eight trigrams, then follow one changing line. Our original 64-hexagram illustrated courses and presenter videos have separate shelves, with links between related topics.从阴阳开始,认识八卦,再跟着一条动爻深入学习。原来的六十四卦图解课程与数字人视频分架摆放,相关主题之间可以互相找到。

You can learn without an account. In the learning path, choose “In progress” or “Explored” for a topic and return to it later. These marks stay in this browser on this device; they do not sync between devices or save your questions and answers.不用注册也可以学习。在学习路径中,主动把主题标为“学习中”或“已探索”,方便下次继续。这些标记只保留在当前设备的这个浏览器中,不跨设备同步,也不保存问题或答案。

Open your learning path →打开你的学习路径 →Find your next lesson →找到你的下一课 →

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A LITTLE VOCABULARY随手翻的小词典

Open a word when you need it.遇到新词,点开看看。

Hexagram · 六爻卦

A pattern of six broken or unbroken lines, used to explore a situation.由六条阴爻或阳爻组成的图形,用于观察一种处境。

Trigram · 三画卦

A three-line symbol. Two trigrams form one hexagram.由三爻组成的符号;两个三画卦组合为一个六爻卦。

Yin & Yang · 阴阳

Complementary qualities represented by broken and unbroken lines.相互补充的两种性质,在卦画中分别用断线与实线表示。

Changing line · 动爻

A line marked to change from yin to yang, or yang to yin.起卦中被标记为变化的爻,由阴变阳或由阳变阴。

Five Phases · 五行

Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water: a traditional framework for transformation and relationships.木、火、土、金、水,是传统中认识转化与关系的一种框架。

Body & Use · 体用

Interpretive roles in Mei Hua: the subject and what it encounters, read through the hexagram.梅花中通过卦象区分的解读角色,用来观察主体与所遇条件的作用。

Choose your next page.翻开下一页。

Begin with three coins →从三枚钱开始 →Explore the Mei Hua lens →体验梅花补充视角 →Browse beginner guides →浏览入门图解 →

You can always come back to this map.随时可以回到这张地图。

YiPhase · Visual walkthroughYiPhase · 图文导览

Explore this chapter →细看这一章 →

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Optional English synthetic narration · Andrew · off by default.可选英文合成解说 · Andrew · 默认关闭。