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I Ching: King Wen sequence (TWZ)

The King Wen sequence of the 64 hexagrams, with each hexagram written as binary, bottom line first (1 = yang/unbroken, 0 = yin/broken). The original page also charted the first order of difference used in Terence McKenna's Timewave Zero.

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1111111Ch'ien / The Creative
2000000K'un / The Receptive
3100010Chun / Difficulty at the Beginning
4010001Mêng / Youthful Folly
5111010Hsü / Waiting (Nourishment)
6010111Sung / Conflict
7010000Shih / The Army
8000010Pi / Holding Together [union]
9111011Hsiao Ch'u / The Taming Power of the Small
10110111Lü / Treading [conduct]
11111000T'ai / Peace
12000111P'i / Standstill [Stagnation]
13101111T'ung Jên / Fellowship with Men
14111101Ta Yu / Possession in Great Measure
15001000Ch'ien / Modesty
16000100Yü / Enthusiasm
17100110Sui / Following
18011001Ku / Work on what has been spoiled [ Decay ]
19110000Lin / Approach
20000011Kuan / Contemplation (View)
21100101Shih Ho / Biting Through
22101001Pi / Grace
23000001Po / Splitting Apart
24100000Fu / Return (The Turning Point)
25100111Wu Wang / Innocence (The Unexpected)
26111001Ta Ch'u / The Taming Power of the Great
27100001I / Corners of the Mouth (Providing Nourishment)
28011110Ta Kuo / Preponderance of the Great
29010010K'an / The Abysmal (Water)
30101101Li / The Clinging, Fire
31001110Hsien / Influence (Wooing)
32011100Hêng / Duration
33001111TUN / Retreat
34111100Ta Chuang / The Power of the Great
35000101Chin / Progress
36101000Ming I / Darkening of the light
37101011Chia Jên / The Family [The Clan]
38110101K'uei / Opposition
39001010Chien / Obstruction
40010100Hsieh / Deliverance
41110001Sun / Decrease
42100011I / Increase
43111110Kuai / Break-through (Resoluteness)
44011111Kou / Coming to Meet
45000110Ts'ui / Gathering Together [Massing]
46011000Shêng / Pushing Upward
47010110K'un / Oppression (Exhaustion)
48011010Ching / The Well
49101110Ko / Revolution (Molting)
50011101Ting / The Caldron
51100100Chên / The Arousing (Shock, Thunder)
52001001Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain
53001011Chien / Development (Gradual Progress)
54110100Kuei Mei / The Marrying Maiden
55101100Fêng / Abundance [Fullness]
56001101Lü / The Wanderer
57011011Sun / The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind)
58110110Tui / The Joyous, Lake
59010011Huan / Dispersion [Dissolution]
60110010Chieh / Limitation
61110011Chung Fu / Inner Truth
62001100Hsiao Kuo / Preponderance of the Small
63101010Chi Chi / After Completion
64010101Wei Chi / Before Completion