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Hexagram 56 · Lǚ (火山旅)

Direct summary

Hexagram 56, Lǚ (火山旅), places Gèn (艮, Mountain) below Lí (离, Fire).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 28, 60, and 55.

Structure reading

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

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 56 comes between Hexagrams 55 and 57.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 56 with its nuclear form (28), opposite form (60), and reversed form (55). 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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