A discrimination of the meanings of the remarks attached to hexagram Kun and its lines by the Meanings of Yi copied on silk

Interpreting the remarks affiliated to hexagram Kun (the 2 nd hexagram in the current version of Zhouyi) by the theory concerning the eight directions and positions by the eight trigrams or Gua qi theory (relating the seasonal points to the trigrams and hexagrams) will meet the problem of disaccord between the temporal and directional factors. This goes against the Gua qi theory. This indicates that some scholars’ assertion that the ancient Text of Zhouyi conceives Qua qi theory by the “meaning of year” in the Meanings of Yi copied on silk unearthed could not stand. The original text on silk of that “a year commences at northeast and completes at southwest” actually could neither interpret nor conform to the remarks attached to hexagram Kun of “getting friends in the southwest and losing friends in the northeast”, but could interpret the remarks attached to the initial line of the hexagram. But for the remarks of the initial line of “treading on hoarfrost forebodes the strong ice will come (by and by)”is concerned, we have no way to find the factors concerning directions and positions, nor does Yi Zhuan (Commentaries on Yi) in current version give forth similar interpretations by direction. So, the interpretations about the “meanings of year”copied on silk can only be regarded as concepts of the time when the Yi on silk was composed.