Why pictures
Most I Ching websites explain each hexagram in words alone. Qike (起课, “raising a reading”) follows a tradition in which every hexagram also has a scene: people, objects and written characters drawn together so the situation can be seen at a glance. The picture does not replace the classic text. It gives you a concrete place to start looking before you read the six line statements.
Who makes it
Qike is a personal, non-commercial project made by one independent developer who studies the I Ching and is learning, in the open, how to build and grow a website. There are no advertisements, paid readings, accounts or upsells, and no plans to add them.
Where the text comes from
The Chinese interpretations follow a 64-hexagram compilation associated with Ni Haixia’s Tian Ji (天纪) teaching, and the scene pictures come from the numbered hexagram articles on yj.wiki. Neither is presented as an official or authenticated edition. Known errors in the source are kept and marked rather than silently rewritten. Read the full sources and known issues →
How the English is prepared
The English edition is translated passage by passage from the Chinese with AI assistance and checked against the original. Chinese wordplay that a picture depends on is kept in characters with an explanation, and bracketed notes mark source wording that is unclear or incomplete. Corrections continue as review goes on.
What a reading is for
Each hexagram page offers a fixed interpretation that every reader who receives it will see. Use it as a prompt for reflecting on your own situation. It is not a personal forecast, and it is not medical, legal or financial advice.