Hello, new to the forum!
I'm looking for a text that doesn't so much hold the reader's hand with regards to asking a question then interpreting the given text of a hexagram or moving line, but rather, that is a study of the basic structure of the hexagrams, the thinking behind it - i.e. from first principles, that is.
For example I found this http://www.iching123.com/index.htm which looks promising, but need something in book format.
It seems to me that a firm grasp of the positioning of the lines, and change from one state to another, would remove the need to depend too much on given words in texts.
In people's experience, which would be the best book to go for?
I'm looking for a text that doesn't so much hold the reader's hand with regards to asking a question then interpreting the given text of a hexagram or moving line, but rather, that is a study of the basic structure of the hexagrams, the thinking behind it - i.e. from first principles, that is.
For example I found this http://www.iching123.com/index.htm which looks promising, but need something in book format.
It seems to me that a firm grasp of the positioning of the lines, and change from one state to another, would remove the need to depend too much on given words in texts.
In people's experience, which would be the best book to go for?