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Hexagram 43 · Guài (泽天夬)

Direct summary

Hexagram 43, Guài (泽天夬), places Qián (乾, Heaven) below Duì (兑, Lake).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 1, 23, and 44.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Qián (乾, Heaven); the upper trigram is Duì (兑, Lake).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 43 comes between Hexagrams 42 and 44.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 43 with its nuclear form (1), opposite form (23), and reversed form (44). 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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