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Hexagram 53 · Jiàn (风山渐)

Direct summary

Hexagram 53, Jiàn (风山渐), places Gèn (艮, Mountain) below Xùn (巽, Wind).

Its nuclear form is Hexagram 64; its opposite and reversed forms coincide at Hexagram 54.

Structure reading

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

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 53 comes between Hexagrams 52 and 54.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 53 with its nuclear form (64), then examine why the opposite and reversed transformations both lead to Hexagram 54. What structural feature makes them coincide?

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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