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Hexagram 45 · Cuì (泽地萃)

Direct summary

Hexagram 45, Cuì (泽地萃), places Kūn (坤, Earth) below Duì (兑, Lake).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 53, 26, and 46.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Kūn (坤, Earth); the upper trigram is Duì (兑, Lake).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 45 comes between Hexagrams 44 and 46.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 45 with its nuclear form (53), opposite form (26), and reversed form (46). 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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