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Hexagram 48 · Jǐng (水风井)

Direct summary

Hexagram 48, Jǐng (水风井), places Xùn (巽, Wind) below Kǎn (坎, Water).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 38, 21, and 47.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Xùn (巽, Wind); the upper trigram is Kǎn (坎, Water).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 48 comes between Hexagrams 47 and 49.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 48 with its nuclear form (38), opposite form (21), and reversed form (47). 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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