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Hexagram 23 · Bō (山地剥)

Direct summary

Hexagram 23, Bō (山地剥), places Kūn (坤, Earth) below Gèn (艮, Mountain).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 2, 43, and 24.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Kūn (坤, Earth); the upper trigram is Gèn (艮, Mountain).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 23 comes between Hexagrams 22 and 24.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 23 with its nuclear form (2), opposite form (43), and reversed form (24). 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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