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Hexagram 58 · Duì (兑为泽)

Direct summary

Hexagram 58, Duì (兑为泽), places Duì (兑, Lake) below Duì (兑, Lake).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 37, 52, and 57.

Structure reading

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

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 58 comes between Hexagrams 57 and 59.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 58 with its nuclear form (37), opposite form (52), and reversed form (57). 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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