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Hexagram 19 · Lín (地泽临)

Direct summary

Hexagram 19, Lín (地泽临), places Duì (兑, Lake) below Kūn (坤, Earth).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 24, 33, and 20.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Duì (兑, Lake); the upper trigram is Kūn (坤, Earth).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 19 comes between Hexagrams 18 and 20.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 19 with its nuclear form (24), opposite form (33), and reversed form (20). Which comparison is easiest to describe from the structure alone?

Editorial references

  1. Yi structural index: King Wen number, name, trigrams, and nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms.
  2. Yi editorial method: site-authored guidance is kept separate from classical text.
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