I Ching Hexagrams centres on the sixty-four hexagrams. Each is built up from lines of two kinds, yin and yang, and is used to read the changes of nature and of human affairs. The Lianshan, the Guicang and the Zhouyi are three traditions, and this class takes them together.
In the middle and late Western Zhou, the hexagram and line statements of the Zhouyi were put together, reading heaven, earth and human affairs through the sixty-four hexagrams.
From the Warring States to the early Han, the Commentaries (also called the Ten Wings) took shape one part after another and raised a book once used for divination to a philosophical classic.
Under Emperor Wu of Han, chairs for the Five Classics were set up, and the Changes stood at the head of the Five Classics.
I Ching Hexagrams is the class in the chapter on Cosmos on reading the changes of nature and human affairs through sixty-four hexagrams. Each hexagram is built up from lines of two kinds, yin and yang, and the three traditions of the Lianshan, the Guicang and the Zhouyi are taken together here.
