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Hexagram 22 · Bì (山火贲)

Direct summary

Hexagram 22, Bì (山火贲), places Lí (离, Fire) below Gèn (艮, Mountain).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 40, 47, and 21.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Lí (离, Fire); the upper trigram is Gèn (艮, Mountain).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 22 comes between Hexagrams 21 and 23.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 22 with its nuclear form (40), opposite form (47), and reversed form (21). 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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