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Hexagram 52 · Gèn (艮为山)

Direct summary

Hexagram 52, Gèn (艮为山), places Gèn (艮, Mountain) below Gèn (艮, Mountain).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 40, 58, and 51.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Gèn (艮, Mountain); the upper trigram is Gèn (艮, Mountain).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 52 comes between Hexagrams 51 and 53.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 52 with its nuclear form (40), opposite form (58), and reversed form (51). 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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