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Title: Generating a hexagram - error in wikihow
Post by: JLim (Darma W) on February 13, 2020, 09:05:58 AM

Hi all, a student of mine has just generated a hexagram using the guidance in https://www.wikihow.com/Consult-the-I-Ching-Using-3-Coins.  Be careful that the image contains a grave error.

PART 2 FINDING YOUR HEXAGRAM:

(http://fivearts.org/fileserver/images/2020/02/13/image.png)

* 6 (3 tails) is considered a changing yin and is drawn as a broken line with an X in the middle.   
* 9 (3 heads) is considered a changing yang and is drawn as a solid line with a circle in the middle.   
* 7 (2 tails, 1 head) is considered an unchanging yang, and is drawn as a solid line. 
* 8 (2 heads, 1 tail) is considered an unchanging yin and is drawn as a broken line. 

(Head = the picture of the person's head. Tail = the picture of building)

Note that the above image is wrong:
* 7 solid line is not drawn as a solid line
* 8 broken line is not drawn as a broken line

If one follows only the image in the website, then the generated hexagram would be wrong.

Title: Re: Generating a hexagram - error in wikihow
Post by: Tientai ✝️ on February 13, 2020, 01:11:46 PM

.. Yes I agree with you Master @JLim  ..
We must be careful  don't start with a basic mistake  ...
Thanks