35 Chin: Progress Li, the clinging, fire is over Kun the receptive, earth. ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ The hexagram represents the sun rising over the earth. It is therefore the symbol of rapid, easy progre...

41 Sun: Decrease Ken, keeping still, mountain is over Tui the joyous, lake. ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ This hexagram represents a decrease of the lower trigram in favour of the upper, because the third li...

42 I: Increase Sun the gentle, wind is over Cheng the arousing, thunder. ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ The idea of increase is expressed in the fact that the strong lowest line of the upper trigram has sunk...

40 Hsieh: Deliverance Cheng, the arousing, thunder is over Kan, the abysmal, water. ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ Here the movement goes out of the sphere of danger. The obstacle has been removed, the difficu...

39 Chien: Obstruction Kan the abysmal, water is over Ken keeping still, mountain. ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ The hexagram pictures a dangerous abyss lying before us and a steep, inaccessible mountain risin...

38 Kuei: Opposition Li, the clinging, flame is over Tui, the joyous, lake. ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ This hexagram is composed of the trigram Li above, i.e., flame, which burns upward, and Tui below, i....

37 Chia Jen: The Family [The Clan] Sun, the gentle, wind is over Li, the clinging, fire. ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ The hexagram represents the laws obtaining within the family. The strong line at the to...

36 Ming I: Darkening of the light Kun the receptive, earth is over Li, the clinging, fire. ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ Here the sun has sunk under the earth and is therefore darkened. The name of the hexagr...

49 Ko: Revolution (Molting) Tui, the joyous, lake is over Li, the clinging, fire. ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅ ▅▅▅▅▅ The Chinese character for this hexagram means in its original sense an animal\'s pelt, which i...

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...