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Hexagram 62 · Xiǎo Guò (雷山小过)

Direct summary

Hexagram 62, Xiǎo Guò (雷山小过), places Gèn (艮, Mountain) below Zhèn (震, Thunder).

Its nuclear and opposite forms are Hexagrams 28 and 61; reversing its line order leaves Hexagram 62 unchanged.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Gèn (艮, Mountain); the upper trigram is Zhèn (震, Thunder).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 62 comes between Hexagrams 61 and 63.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 62 with its nuclear form (28) and opposite form (61). 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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