An interpretation of the hexagrams Xian and Gen by sex psychology

In the history of the Yi studies, the character 咸 in the hexagram Xian (Influence) is traditionally always interpreted asinfluence. Modern scholars as LI Jing-chi, GAO Heng, WANG Ming, and LIU Zheng had raised three kinds of interpretations of the remarks attached to the hexagram and lines of Xian . Basing upon the knowledge of foot love in modern sex psychology, this paper points out that Xian ought to be interpreted as sensation, and the remarks affiliated to the lines of the hexagram Xian described a series ofscenesorshotsof mutually stroking each parts of the body between a couple of young lovers, and thus WANG Ming's understanding is the most appropriate one. The remarks affiliated to the hexagram Gen (Arresting Movement) and its lines are correlated to those attached to the hexagram Xian and its lines. On account of this, this paper also makes a responsive interpretation to the remarks affiliated to the hexagram Gen and its lines by sex psychology.