Hexagrams
The I Ching key component is the hexagram. The 64 hexagrams describe the full spectrum of all possible situations.
This word is a Western creation which depicts the hexagram as the sum of 6 lines. However, an hexagram is a fully independent element responsible for presenting the pattern of a given situation. More on hexagrams...
Trigrams
For convenience, taoist I Ching commentantors divided hexagrams in trigrams, which stand for a set of three lines.
The 8 possible trigrams may be helpful, however, it is not allways fully attached to the sense of the original hexagram. More on trigrams...
Lines
The most basic I Ching component is the line.
It has two opposed senses which are named yin and yang. More on lines...
