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Hexagram 38 · Kuí (火泽睽)

Direct summary

Hexagram 38, Kuí (火泽睽), places Duì (兑, Lake) below Lí (离, Fire).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 63, 39, and 37.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Duì (兑, Lake); the upper trigram is Lí (离, Fire).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 38 comes between Hexagrams 37 and 39.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 38 with its nuclear form (63), opposite form (39), and reversed form (37). 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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