The structure
- Lower trigram
- Mountain
- Upper trigram
- Earth
- Lines, bottom first
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Humility
地山谦
Quiet competence travels farther than the need to appear important.
The mutual figure
The structure hidden inside this one: the internal dynamic rather than the visible situation.
Release雷水解
If a line moves
A moving line marks the place where the situation is not holding still. The figure it leads to is a direction, not a promise. Positions are counted from the bottom.
Line 1 · the ground
Hidden Light地火明夷Line 2
Gradual Rise地风升Line 3 · the hinge
Receptive Ground坤为地Line 4
Small Allowances雷山小过Line 5 · the governing seat
Obstacle水山蹇Line 6 · the close
Stillness艮为山Learn to read it
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