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Hexagram 44 · Gòu (天风姤)

Direct summary

Hexagram 44, Gòu (天风姤), places Xùn (巽, Wind) below Qián (乾, Heaven).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 1, 24, and 43.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Xùn (巽, Wind); the upper trigram is Qián (乾, Heaven).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 44 comes between Hexagrams 43 and 45.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 44 with its nuclear form (1), opposite form (24), and reversed form (43). 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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