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The Qian hexagram stands at the head of the sixty-four hexagrams. Its most distinctive feature is that all six of its lines are yang lines, making it the only purely yang hexagram among the sixty-four.
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元，亨，利，贞。
The Creative represents Heaven: the origin of all things, possessing sublime success, furthering through harmony, steadfast and upright in character.
天行健，君子以自强不息。
The Qian hexagram stands at the head of the sixty-four hexagrams. Its most distinctive feature is that all six of its lines are yang lines, making it the only purely yang hexagram among the sixty-four. The Qian hexagram uses "heaven" as a metaphor for its firm, upright, and noble virtues, and also uses the "dragon" as a metaphor to convey the pure yang and vigorous spirit of "heaven" and to explain the laws governing the movement of celestial bodies.
The ancients believed that ever since chaos gave way to light, the heavens have shone upon the earth with their brightness and warmth. Lofty and high above, it circulates and revolves, transforming endlessly, cycling through the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, governing and presiding over nature and humankind alike.
Explanatory Note: The hexagram Qian stands at the head of the sixty-four hexagrams. Its most distinctive feature is that all six of its lines are yang lines, making it the only hexagram of pure yang among the sixty-four. Qian uses "heaven" as a metaphor for its firm, upright, and magnanimous virtue, and it further employs the image of the "dragon" to convey the spirit of heaven's pure yang vigor and to explain the patterns by which the heavenly bodies move.
Hexagram 1, Qian (The Creative), should be read from the source note first: The ancients believed that ever since chaos gave way to light, the heavens have shone upon the earth with their brightness and warmth. Yarrow uses it for reflection, not fixed prediction.
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