Contents

Introduction

Part One - Background

• Chronology of Chinese History

1. History of Divination in China

• The history of the I Ching
• The eight basic trigrams
• The hexagram and its construction
• The sequence of the I Ching

2. The Origins of Yin and Yang

• What are yin and yang?
• The five elements

3. Foundations of Oriental Philosophy

• Personal responsibility
• The five spiritual aspects
• Relationships
• Dependency
• Healing from the past

4. Foundations of Oriental Medicine

• Chi and the meridians
• The actions of the major organs
• The eight principles
• The causes of disease

5. Using the I Ching

• How to cast
• Building the hexagram
• Single and changing hexagrams
• The lines
• How to interpret
• Nuclear hexagrams

Part Two - The Hexagrams

• The 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching