Coin method question

[zack]

Hi,

In R.L. Wang's I-Ching Workbook, his coin method has two heads equaling a firm line, two tails equaling a yielding line, three heads equaling a changing yielding line and three tails equaling a changing firm line.

But when I looked at some other I-Ching books I found a different method for finding the changing lines. These other books said that three heads equal a changing firm line and three tails equal a changing yielding line. However, the non-changing lines were still the same: two heads equal a firm line and two tails equal a yielding line.

Is one of these methods more correct than the other, or is it just a matter of preference?

Thanks,
Zack

[bradford_h]

Zack
It's purely a matter of preference. I have one of the larger English Yijing collections in existence (but know of a couple larger). I once went through well over a hundred books marking down who said what on this subject. The results were about even. You just have to pick the one that feels right for you and stick with it. What's 2 or 3 on the Chinese coins is a matter of debate as well.

[heylise]

When 3 heads is a (changing) firm line, then 1 head (or 2 tails) is also a firm line. The uneven number decides about firm or yielding. But if head or tails means firm, is personal preference.

LiSe