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Hexagram 54 · Guī Mèi (雷泽归妹)

Direct summary

Hexagram 54, Guī Mèi (雷泽归妹), places Duì (兑, Lake) below Zhèn (震, Thunder).

Its nuclear form is Hexagram 63; its opposite and reversed forms coincide at Hexagram 53.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Duì (兑, Lake); the upper trigram is Zhèn (震, Thunder).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 54 comes between Hexagrams 53 and 55.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 54 with its nuclear form (63), then examine why the opposite and reversed transformations both lead to Hexagram 53. 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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