In contrast to our traditions and even to our common sense, hazard is very important to a chinese mind. As Jung suggests, the ``ideal form'' is the last step of the process by which our minds classify and filter the different identified (and assumed) entities comprising the object of our attention, [1]. In contrast to this ``ideal form'' the ``real form'' seems to be of much more interest to a chinese sage. For him, the representation of the moment comprises ``all'', and hence, the act itself by which the oracle is generated is also part of the observed object.
The following is the method suggested by Wilhelm [1] to generate an hexagram:
Sum | Line |
6 | mutant yin |
7 | yang |
8 | yin |
9 | mutant yang |
Jean Pierre Charalambos 2002-04-14