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Hexagram Names in Three Ways

Here are the hexagram names (1) in traditional order, (2) in English - Chinese, and (3) Chinese - English.

Sixty-four hexagrams in traditional order

The Chinese names, Richard Wilhelm's translations, and other common translations:

 1.  Chien - The Creative / Force
 2.  Kun - The Receptive / Field
 3.  Chun -  Difficulty at the Beginning / Sprouting
 4.  Meng -  Youthful Folly / Enveloping
 5.  Hsü - Waiting (Nourishment) / Attending
 6.  Sung -  Conflict / Arguing
 7.  Shih - The Army / Leading
 8.  Pi - Holding Together [union] / Grouping
 9.  Hsiao Chu -  The Taming Power of the Small / Accumulating Small
10.  - Treading [conduct] / Treading
11.  Tai - Peace / Pervading
12.  Pi - Standstill [Stagnation] / Obstruction
13.  Tung Jen -  Fellowship with Men / Concording People
14.  Ta Yu - Possession in Great Measure / Great Possessing
15.  Chien -  Modesty / Humbling
16.   -  Enthusiasm / Providing-for
17.  Sui -  Following / Following
18.  Ku - Work on what has been spoiled [decayed] / Corrupting
19.  Lin - Approach / Nearing
20.  Kuan -  Contemplation (View) / Viewing
21.  Shih Ho - Biting Through / Gnawing Bite
22.  Pi - Grace / Adorning
23.  Po - Splitting Apart / Stripping
24.  Fu - Return (The Turning Point) / Returning
25.  Wu Wang -  Innocence (The Unexpected) / Without Embroiling
26.  Ta Chu - The Taming Power of the Great / Great Accumulating
27.  I - Corners of the Mouth (Providing Great Exceeding Nourishment) / Swallowing
28.  Ta Kuo -  Preponderance of the Great / Great Exceeding
29.  Kan - The Abysmal (Water) / Gorge
30.  Li - The Clinging, Fire / Radiance
31.  Hsien - Influence (Wooing) / Conjoining
32.  Heng -  Duration / Persevering
33.  Tun - Retreat / Retiring
34.  Ta Chuang - The Power of the Great, Great Power / Great Invigorating
35.  Chin -  Progress / Prospering
36.  Ming I - Darkening of the light / Brightness Hiding
37.  Chia Jen - The Family [The Clan] / Dwelling People
38.  Kuei -  Opposition / Polarising
39.  Chien -  Obstruction / Limping
40.  Hsieh -  Deliverance / Taking-Apart
41.  Sun - Decrease / Diminishing
42.  I - Increase / Augmenting
43.  Kuai - Break- through (Resoluteness) / Parting
44.  Kou - Coming to Meet / Coupling
45.  Tsui - Gathering Together [Massing] / Clustering
46.  Sheng - Pushing Upward / Ascending
47.  Kun - Oppression (Exhaustion) / Confining
48.  Ching - The Well / Welling
49.  Ko - Revolution (Molting) / Skinning
50.  Ting - The Cauldron / Holding
51.  Cheng - The Arousing (Shock, Thunder) / Shake
52.  Ken - Keeping Still, Mountain / Bound
53.  Chien -  Development (Gradual Progress) / Infiltrating
54.  Kuei Mei - The Marrying Maiden / Converting The Maiden
55.  Feng - Abundance [Fullness] / Abounding
56.  - The Wanderer / Sojourning
57.  Sun - The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind) / Ground
58.  Tui - The Joyous, Lake / Open
59.  Huan - Dispersion [Dissolution] / Dispersing
60.  Chieh -  Limitation / Articulating
61.  Chung Fu - Inner Truth / Centre Confirming
62.  Hsiao Kuo -  Preponderance of the Small / Small Exceeding
63.  Chi Chi - After Completion / Already Fording
64.  Wei Chi - Before Completion / Not-Yet Fording

The sixty-four hexagrams in alphabetic order, English names

Abundance [Fullness]  (55) Feng
After Completion  (63) Chi Chi
Approach   (19) Lin
Before Completion  (64) Wei Chi
Biting Through  (21) Shih Ho
Break-through (Resoluteness)  (43) Kuai
Coming to Meet  (44) Kou
Conflict  (6) Sung
Contemplation (View)  (20) Kuan
Corners of the Mouth (Providing Nourishment)  (27) I
Darkening of the light  (36) Ming I
Decrease  (41) Sun
Deliverance  (40) Hsieh
Development (Gradual Progress)  (53) Chien
Difficulty at the Beginning   (3) Chun
Dispersion [Dissolution]  (59) Huan
Duration  (32) Heng
Enthusiasm  (16) Yü
Fellowship with Men   (13) Tung Jen
Following   (17) Sui
Gathering Together [Massing]  (45) Tsui
Grace  (22) Pi
Holding Together [union]  (8) Pi
Increase  (42) I
Influence (Wooing)  (31) Hsien
Inner Truth  (61) Chung Fu
Innocence (The Unexpected)  (25) Wu Wang
Keeping Still, Mountain  (52) Ken
Limitation  (60) Chieh
Modesty   (15) Chien
Obstruction  (39) Chien
Opposition  (38) Kuei
Oppression (Exhaustion)  (47) Kun
Peace   (11) Tai
Possession in Great Measure  (14) Ta Yu
Preponderance of the Great  (28) Ta Kuo
Preponderance of the Small  (62) Hsiao Kuo
Progress  (35) Chin
Pushing Upward  (46) Sheng
Retreat  (33) Tun
Return (The Turning Point)  (24) Fu
Revolution (Molting)  (49) Ko
Splitting Apart  (23) Po
Standstill [Stagnation]  (12) Pi
The Abysmal (Water)  (29) Kan
The Army   (7) Shih
The Arousing (Shock, Thunder)  (51) Cheng
The Cauldron  (50) Ting
The Clinging, Fire  (30) Li
The Creative   (1) Chien
The Family [The Clan]  (37) Chia Jen
The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind)  (57) Sun
The Joyous, Lake  (58) Tui
The Marrying Maiden  (54) Kuei Mei
The Power of the Great  (34) Ta Chuang
The Receptive  (2) Kun
The Taming Power of the Great  (26) Ta Chu
The Taming Power of the Small   (9) Hsiao Chu
The Wanderer  (56) Lü
The Well  (48) Ching
Treading [conduct]  (10) Lü
Waiting (Nourishment)   (5) Hsü
Work on what has been spoiled [ Decay ]  (18) Ku
Youthful Folly  (4) Meng

Chinese names: Yi Jing's hexagrams in alphabetic order

Cheng (51) - The Arousing (Shock, Thunder)
Chi Chi (63) - After Completion
Chia Jen (37) - The Family [The Clan]
Chieh (60) - Limitation
Chien (15) - Modesty
Chien (1) - The Creative
Chien (39) - Obstruction
Chien (53) - Development (Gradual Progress)
Chin (35) - Progress
Ching (48) - The Well
Chun (3) - Difficulty at the Beginning
Chung Fu (61) - Inner Truth
Feng (55) - Abundance [Fullness]
Fu (24) - Return (The Turning Point)
Heng (32) - Duration
Hsiao Chu (9) - The Taming Power of the Small
Hsiao Kuo (62) - Preponderance of the Small
Hsieh (40) - Deliverance
Hsien (31) - Influence (Wooing)
Hsü (5) - Waiting (Nourishment
Huan (59) - Dispersion [Dissolution]
I (27) - Corners of the Mouth (Providing Nourishment)
I (42) - Increase
Kan (29) - The Abysmal (Water)
Ken (52) - Keeping Still, Mountain
Ko (49) - Revolution (Molting)
Kou (44) - Coming to Meet
Ku (18) - Work on what has been spoiled [ Decay ]
Kuai (43) - Break-through (Resoluteness)
Kuan (20) - Contemplation (View)
Kuei (38) - Opposition
Kuei Mei (54) - The Marrying Maiden
Kun (2) - The Receptive
Kun (47) - Oppression (Exhaustion)
Li (30) - The Clinging, Fire
Lin (19) - Approach
Lü (10) - Treading [conduct]
Lü (56) - The Wanderer
Meng (4) - Youthful Folly
Ming I (36) - Darkening of the light
Pi (12) - Standstill [Stagnation]
Pi (22) - Grace
Pi (8) - Holding Together [union]
Po (23) - Splitting Apart
Sheng (46) - Pushing Upward
Shih (7) - The Army
Shih Ho (21) - Biting Through
Sui (17) - Following
Sun (41) - Decrease
Sun (57) - The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind)
Sung (6) - Conflict
Ta Chu (26) - The Taming Power of the Great
Ta Chuang (34) - The Power of the Great
Ta Kuo (28) - Preponderance of the Great
Ta Yu (14) - Possession in Great Measure
Tai (11) - Peace
Ting (50) - The Cauldron
Tsui (45) - Gathering Together [Massing]
Tui (58) - The Joyous, Lake
Tun (33) - Retreat
Tung Jen (13) - Fellowship with Men
Wei Chi (64) - Before Completion
Wu Wang (25) - Innocence (The Unexpected)
Yü (16) - Enthusiasm

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