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Hexagram 61 · Zhōng Fú (风泽中孚)

Direct summary

Hexagram 61, Zhōng Fú (风泽中孚), places Duì (兑, Lake) below Xùn (巽, Wind).

Its nuclear and opposite forms are Hexagrams 27 and 62; reversing its line order leaves Hexagram 61 unchanged.

Structure reading

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

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 61 comes between Hexagrams 60 and 62.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 61 with its nuclear form (27) and opposite form (62). Then inspect why reversing the six-line order leaves it unchanged. Where is the symmetry?

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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