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Hexagram 26 · Dà Xù (山天大畜)

Direct summary

Hexagram 26, Dà Xù (山天大畜), places Qián (乾, Heaven) below Gèn (艮, Mountain).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 54, 45, and 25.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Qián (乾, Heaven); the upper trigram is Gèn (艮, Mountain).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 26 comes between Hexagrams 25 and 27.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 26 with its nuclear form (54), opposite form (45), and reversed form (25). 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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