why is 56 not 23

[pakua]

A note - for "newbies"! - about the interaction between Jesed and Elvis (Chris) here. Jesed quoted from the Yijing itself, from one of the Wings, the Zagua, that offers a simple definition of each hexagram's meaning. My personal opinion would be that this Wing was written to help students grasp and remember the contrasting meanings of the hexagrams, and there's quite a lot of subtlety in its simplicity at times. So it's not just that when Jesed writes 'The Yijing says...' he's being literally accurate, he's also made (IMO) a good choice of text to quote for someone trying to get hexagram meanings clear in their mind.

Chris objects to this, because he feels that his own work has superseded the words of the original Yijing.

On the other hand, others (including Jesed) object strenuously when *some other* diviners *might* mislead querents...

Interesting...