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Hexagram 47 · Kùn (泽水困)

Direct summary

Hexagram 47, Kùn (泽水困), places Kǎn (坎, Water) below Duì (兑, Lake).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 37, 22, and 48.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Kǎn (坎, Water); the upper trigram is Duì (兑, Lake).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 47 comes between Hexagrams 46 and 48.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 47 with its nuclear form (37), opposite form (22), and reversed form (48). 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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