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Hexagram:
41. Decrease
Line #
Drawn as
Energy
Duality
Trigram
Dynamic
Polarity
Upper Trigram
Mountain
Youngest Son
Immature Yang
Lower Trigram
Lake
Youngest Daughter
Immature Yin
6
5
4
3
2
1
Yang
Yin
Yin
Yin
Yang
Yang
Masculine
Feminine
Feminine
Feminine
Masculine
Masculine
#
English Name
Chinese Name
Hanzi
Pinyin
Action
Hexagram:
卦 Guà
41. Decrease
損
sǔn
Evaluate
Hidden Influence:
互卦 Hu Guà (nuclear)
24. Returning
復
fu / fù
Go back
Underlying Cause:
綜卦 Zong Guà (reverse)
31. Mutual Influence
咸
xián
Woo
Expression:
"I simplify my life"
Image:
At the foot of the mountain, the lake: the image of Decrease. Thus the superior man controls his anger and restrains his instincts.
Judgement:
Decrease combined with sincerity brings about supreme good fortune without blame. One may be persevering in this. It furthers one to undertake something. How is this to be carried out? One may use two small bowls for the sacrifice.
Affirmation:
Overall meaning:
Upright Hexagram
Rotated 90°
counter clockwise
Change - - to 0
Change — to 1
Binary Number Created:
100011
Line 1 :
Blogfeld
To hurry away when work is done is not wrong, but first consider whether such a hasty departure will harm the work.
Line 1:
Legge
The first line, dynamic, shows its subject suspending his own affairs, and hurrying away to help the subject of the fourth line. He will commit no error, but let him consider how far he should contribute of what is his for the other.
Going quickly when one's tasks are finished is without blame. But one must reflect on how much one may decrease others.
Line 1 :
Wilhelm/Baynes
Line 2 :
Blogfeld
Persistence in a righteous course brings reward, but to advance (or go anywhere) now would bring misfortune. This is not a time for decreasing but for augmenting.
Line 2:
Legge
The second line, dynamic, shows that it will be advantageous for its subject to maintain firm correctness, and that action on his part will be evil. He can give increase to his correlate without taking from himself.
Perseverance furthers. To undertake something brings misfortune. Without decreasing oneself, one is able to bring increase to others.
Line 2 :
Wilhelm/Baynes
Line 3:
Blogfeld
If three set forth together now, one will be lost on the way; whereas one man going forth alone will find company.
Line 3:
Legge
The third line, magnetic, shows how of three men walking together, the number is diminished by one; and how one, walking, finds his friend.
When three people journey together, their number decreases by one. When one man journeys alone, he finds a companion.
Line 3 :
Wilhelm/Baynes
Line 4:
Blogfeld
He reduced the number of ills besetting him and thus hastened the arrival of happiness -- no error!
Line 4:
Legge
The fourth line, magnetic, shows its subject diminishing the ailment under which she labors by making the subject of the first line hasten to her help, and make her glad. There will be no error.
If a man decreases his faults, it makes the other hasten to come and rejoice. No blame.
Line 4 :
Wilhelm/Baynes
Line 5:
Blogfeld
There was one who enriched him to the extent of ten PENG of tortoise shells (2,100 of them) and who would accept no refusal -- sublime good fortune!
Line 5:
Legge
The fifth line, magnetic, shows parties adding to the stores of its subject ten pairs of tortoise shells, and accepting no refusal. There will be great good fortune.
Someone does indeed increase him. Ten pairs of tortoises cannot oppose it. Supreme good fortune.
Line 5 :
Wilhelm/Baynes
Line 6:
Blogfeld
Gain which causes no loss to others involves no error. Persistence in a righteous course brings good fortune. It is favorable to have in view some goal (or destination). He obtains followers but not a family (or home).
Line 6:
Legge
The sixth line, dynamic, shows its subject giving increase to others without taking from himself. There will be no error. With firm correctness there will be good fortune. There will be advantage in every movement that shall be made. He will find ministers more than can be counted by their clans.
If one is increased without depriving others, there is no blame. Perseverance brings good fortune. It furthers one to undertake something. One obtains servants but no longer has a separate home.
Line 6 :
Wilhelm/Baynes
41
Binary:
100011
Structure:
Unicode decimal:
Non-Core Gua
19944
Unicode hex:
00000
Sector:
95.625 to 101.25
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