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Hexagram 46 · Shēng (地风升)

Direct summary

Hexagram 46, Shēng (地风升), places Xùn (巽, Wind) below Kūn (坤, Earth).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 54, 25, and 45.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Xùn (巽, Wind); the upper trigram is Kūn (坤, Earth).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 46 comes between Hexagrams 45 and 47.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 46 with its nuclear form (54), opposite form (25), and reversed form (45). 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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