Assignment 1

Construct a hexagram by hand, apply the changing-line rule, and compare the Xiantian and Houtian arrangements — the direct test of weeks 1–8's construction, transformation, and arrangement content

Due: 12 April 2027 · Weight: 40%

The brief#

Given a set of starting hexagrams with marked changing lines, construct each one from its lines and derive the hexagram it transforms into. Then, for one trigram used in the brief, place it within both the Xiantian and Houtian arrangements and state one concrete difference between what each arrangement does with it.

This is a hand-worked test of the notation itself, ahead of any interactive tool. A strong response shows the construction step (line by line, trigram by trigram), the transformation step (which lines change, and why the result follows), and the arrangement step (the same trigram located within two different orderings) as three distinct, checkable pieces of reasoning — not a memorized or looked-up answer.

What you submit#

Worked construction and transformation for each hexagram in the brief, in whatever legible format you choose (diagram, notation, or a mix), with the changing-line derivation shown explicitly rather than only stated as a result — plus the short Xiantian/Houtian comparison described above.

The weighted criteria above split across the three abilities this assignment is built to test: getting the notation right, getting the transformation rule right, and correctly comparing the two arrangements covered in weeks 6–7.