Wandelraum

I Ching · published calculation rule

Meihua Three-Number Method for the I Ching

The Meihua three-number method turns three freely chosen positive integers into a primary hexagram, one changing line, and a resulting hexagram. The server completes and locks the calculation before AI interpretation begins.

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What is the three-number method?

Number-based methods vary across Meihua Yishu traditions. Wandelraum uses one documented convention: the first number determines the upper trigram, the second the lower trigram, and the third the changing line. It is a transparent house rule, not a claim to be the only correct lineage.

Wandelraum's fixed rule

  1. 1. First number % 8 → upper trigram
  2. 2. Second number % 8 → lower trigram
  3. 3. Third number % 6 → changing line counted from below
Earlier Heaven trigram numbers
12345670
乾 ☰兑 ☱离 ☲震 ☳巽 ☴坎 ☵艮 ☶坤 ☷

How it differs from three coins

The three-coin method uses three cryptographically secure virtual coin results for each of six lines and can produce no changing lines, one, or several. The number method is deterministic and always produces exactly one changing line. Both results are stored before AI interpretation.

Calculation example

123 % 8 = 3 gives Li (Fire) above. 456 % 8 = 0 gives Kun (Earth) below. 789 % 6 = 3 makes the third line from the bottom the changing line. The primary and resulting hexagrams are then resolved through the same tested 64-hexagram matrix used by the coin method.

Common questions

Numbers must be between 1 and 999999. No birthday, phone number, or other personal data is needed. The same three numbers always produce the same structure under this rule. AI cannot replace the numbers, lines, or hexagrams.

Interpretation boundaries

This method is for culture, entertainment, and self-reflection. It does not guarantee future events or replace medical, psychotherapeutic, legal, financial, or investment advice.

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Example questions

Focus on one question about a situation, change, choice, or direction for action. Repeated casting for the same unchanged question is not recommended. This does not guarantee future events or provide medical, psychotherapeutic, legal, or financial advice.

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