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Hexagram 39 · Jiǎn (水山蹇)

Direct summary

Hexagram 39, Jiǎn (水山蹇), places Gèn (艮, Mountain) below Kǎn (坎, Water).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 64, 38, and 40.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Gèn (艮, Mountain); the upper trigram is Kǎn (坎, Water).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 39 comes between Hexagrams 38 and 40.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 39 with its nuclear form (64), opposite form (38), and reversed form (40). 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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