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Hexagram 9 · Xiǎo Xù (风天小畜)

Direct summary

Hexagram 9, Xiǎo Xù (风天小畜), places Qián (乾, Heaven) below Xùn (巽, Wind).

Its nuclear, opposite, and reversed forms are Hexagrams 38, 16, and 10.

Structure reading

The lower trigram is Qián (乾, Heaven); the upper trigram is Xùn (巽, Wind).

Sequence context

In the received sequence, Hexagram 9 comes between Hexagrams 8 and 10.

Study prompt

Compare Hexagram 9 with its nuclear form (38), opposite form (16), and reversed form (10). 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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