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Hexagram 33 · Dùn (天山遁)

Direct summary

Hexagram 33, Dùn (天山遁), places Gèn (艮, Mountain) below Qián (乾, Heaven).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 44, 19, and 34.

Structure reading

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

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 33 comes between Hexagrams 32 and 34.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 33 with its nuclear form (44), opposite form (19), and reversed form (34). 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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