irrigation and water supply, 5, 30–31, 80, 82, 87, 185, 210, 236, 248

Jaws, Tiger’s Mouth, Bulging Cheeks, 107, 114, 122, 124–125, 127–128, 133–134, 138, 144, 176–177, 183, 192, 225, 238

Jizi, 108, 111

Jin, 111, 118, 146

jue (split jade ring, pendant earring), 5–6, 64, 80, 209–211

Kangshu, 108, 111

King Wen sequence, xix, 60, 67, 71, 80, 171, 234

Kun, 35, 61, 63–64, 66, 70, 78, 109, 214, 226, 252, 255

Lao zi, 87, 167, 196, 198, 228

Large Domestication, 94, 96

Large Passage, 30, 76, 86, 94, 96, 107, 145, 238

Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 5–7, 13, 17–18, 25, 32, 84, 87, 95, 106, 111, 117, 148, 229, 243, 248, 259

Lin, 82, 139, 145, 148, 242

mao (calendar sign), 78, 86–87, 228

Mandate of Heaven, 35, 47, 174, 216, 244

Marrying Maiden, 108, 140, 144, 153, 237

Master of Winds, Fangfeng, 36, 99, 114, 186, 199

mathesis, 10, 175, 256

Mawangdui Yi jing (Boshu), 70, 216, 227, 229

men’s house, big house, 41, 43, 52–54, 86, 123, 125, 176

mieli, 128–134, 225

Ming yi, 110–111, 118, 225

Möbius strip, 64, 117, 255

Modesty, 141

modularity,, xiv–xv, xix, 32, 103–105, 117

Mountain, Gen, gen, 82, 165, 177, 180–182, 253–254

mutilating punishments, 30, 36, 231, 257

No Distorted Projections, Wu Wang, 235

observation of astronomical objects, 123, 172

Oppression, 21, 31

perhaps (huo), 47, 86

personal name, 173–174

personal appellation, 163, 173–174, 197

Piglets and fish, 87, 201, 203, 208–209, 212–214, 217, 219, 255

The Pit, Kan, 21–23, 29, 106, 139, 148, 186, 200

Pollution, Corruption, Spoiled, Gu, 47, 112, 114, 125–128, 131–133, 139–140, 153, 178, 192, 199, 237

progressive-regressive, 82, 94, 113, 140, 142, 243

qijia zhiguo, “order families, [thereby] regulate the country”, 78

Qian, 22, 48, 61, 63–66, 69–70, 76, 86, 92, 106, 109, 112, 117–118