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易經
I Ching
The Book of Changes
64 Hexagrams
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☰ 乾 Qián: Heaven, metal, northwest, father
☱ 兌 Duì: Lake, metal, west, youngest daughter
☲ 離 Lí: Fire, fire, south, middle daughter
☳ 震 Zhèn: Thunder, wood, east, eldest son
☴ 巽 Xùn: Wind, wood, southeast, eldest daughter
☵ 坎 Kǎn: Water, water, north, middle son
☶ 艮 Gèn: Mountain, earth, northeast, youngest son
☷ 坤 Kūn: Earth, earth, southwest, mother
坤
Kūn
Earth
Element
earth
Direction
southwest
Family
mother
Natural image
earth
Hexagrams with this trigram
2
坤
The Receptive
(as lower trigram, as upper trigram)
7
師
The Army
(as upper trigram)
8
比
Holding Together
(as lower trigram)
11
泰
Peace
(as upper trigram)
12
否
Standstill
(as lower trigram)
15
謙
Modesty
(as upper trigram)
16
豫
Enthusiasm
(as lower trigram)
19
臨
Approach
(as upper trigram)
20
觀
Contemplation
(as lower trigram)
23
剝
Splitting Apart
(as lower trigram)
24
復
Return
(as upper trigram)
35
晉
Progress
(as lower trigram)
36
明夷
Darkening of the Light
(as upper trigram)
45
萃
Gathering Together
(as lower trigram)
46
升
Pushing Upward
(as upper trigram)
The 64 hexagrams
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