In looking at the lists of key words and glossary words for each hexagram (found in Bradford Hatcher's I Ching and on his Yijing Hexagram Names and Core Meanings webpage), I was wondering if there is an meaning or value judgements of the order in which the key words and glosses are shown?
For example, for 13 - Tóng Rén, the key words start with 'Society, social organization ...' and end with ... 'mass follies; symposiums, convergences.' From the Glossary starts with (for Tong2) '(to) agree, assemble, assimilate ...' and ends with ... 'simultaneously, concurrently; and, with, as well as.'
My sense is there is no hierarchy nor a 'better-to-worst listing' (real or implied) but perhaps it could be that the lists start with the most used or most common terms and ends with the least used? ... or maybe not.
Thanks, David.
For example, for 13 - Tóng Rén, the key words start with 'Society, social organization ...' and end with ... 'mass follies; symposiums, convergences.' From the Glossary starts with (for Tong2) '(to) agree, assemble, assimilate ...' and ends with ... 'simultaneously, concurrently; and, with, as well as.'
My sense is there is no hierarchy nor a 'better-to-worst listing' (real or implied) but perhaps it could be that the lists start with the most used or most common terms and ends with the least used? ... or maybe not.
Thanks, David.