47 Kun: Oppression (Exhaustion) Tui, the joyous, lake is over Kan the abysmal, water. ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ The lake is above, water below; the lake is empty, dried up. Exhaustion is expressed in yet...
46 Sheng: Pushing Upward Kun the receptive, earth is over Sun, the gentle, wind, wood. ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ The lower trigram, Sun, represents wood, and the upper, Kun, means the earth. Linked with t...
48 Ching: The Well Kan, the abysmal, water is over Sun, the gentle, wind, wood. ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ Wood is below, water above. The wood goes down into the earth to bring up water. The image derive...
44 Kou: Coming to Meet Chien, the creative, heaven is over Sun, the gentle, wind. ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ This hexagram indicates a situation in which the principle of darkness, after having been eli...
43 Kuai: Break-through (Resoluteness) Tui, the joyous, lake is over Chien, the creative, heaven. ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ This hexagram signifies on the one hand a break-through after a long accumulat...
45 Tsui: Gathering Together [Massing] Tui, the joyous, lake is over Kun the receptive, earth. ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ This hexagram is related in form and meaning to Pi, HOLDING TOGETHER (8). In the lat...
58 Tui: The Joyous, Lake Tui the joyous, lake is over Tui the joyous, lake. ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ This hexagram, like sun, is one of the eight formed by doubling of a trigram. The trigram Tui denote...
56 L? The Wanderer Li, the clinging, fire is over Ken keeping still, mountain. ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ THE MOUNTAIN, Ken, stands still; above it fire, Li, flames up and does not tarry. Therefore the tw...
57 Sun: The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind) Sun the gentle, wind, wood is over Sun the gentle, wind, wood. ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ Sun is one of the eight doubled trigrams. It is the eldest daughter an...
55 Feng: Abundance [Fullness] Cheng, the arousing, thunder is over Li, the clinging, fire. ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ Cheng is movement; Li is flame, whose attribute is clarity. Clarity within, movement w...
