Act 1 prepares one artifact: a reading record that a second reader can inspect without guessing what came from the chart and what came from interpretation.

Complete the five lessons in order. This page is a directory, so it does not repeat their history or doctrine.

Step	Learner task	Add to your record	Continue
1.1	Distinguish a dated WWG chart from general hexagram commentary	method and artifact	What makes a chart WWG?
1.2	Separate source evidence from received attribution	source status	Sources and received lineage
1.3	Apply the course’s source hierarchy	source type and locator	How this course uses its sources
1.4	Decide cast, narrow, delay, redirect, or refuse	intake decision	When not to cast
1.5	Label the date, chart, and six line rows without interpreting them	observable chart facts	How to read a cast table

Readiness checkpoint

Before Act 2, your record should answer all five questions:

1. What makes the artifact a WWG chart rather than general commentary?
2. Which statements are visible facts, source reports, received rules, or UAYA teaching decisions?
3. What source and locator support each material claim?
4. Was the question accepted, changed, redirected, or refused before casting?
5. Can you point to lines 1 through 6, the primary and changed columns, movement, date, and World/Response markers without judging them?

If any answer is missing, return to that lesson. If all five are present, continue to Act 2: The Hexagram Skeleton.

Start with 1.1: What Makes a Chart Wen Wang Gua?.

Source position

This directory makes no historical or doctrinal claim. Source-bearing statements live in the individual lessons beside the claims they support.

The modules

1.1 What Makes a Chart Wen Wang Gua?

Distinguish a dated Wen Wang Gua line-analysis record from general I Ching hexagram commentary without making a prediction.

1.2 Wen Wang Gua Sources and Received Lineage

Separate what the surviving source witnesses show from later attribution, course convention, and unresolved Wen Wang Gua history.

1.3 How This Course Uses Zengshan Buyi

Apply the Wen Wang Gua course source hierarchy: inspect source witnesses, isolate deterministic mechanics, label lineage rules, and bound interpretation.

1.4 When Not to Cast: A Wen Wang Gua Intake Screen

Screen a Wen Wang Gua question and decide whether to cast, narrow, delay, redirect, or refuse before interpretation begins.

1.5 How to Read a Wen Wang Gua Cast Table

Label the date zone, primary and changed charts, six bottom-up line rows, movement, and World/Response markers before interpreting them.