29.1.2.3.4.5 (29 > 55)
The trigrams
The trigrams are combinations of three yin and yang lines. The three bottom lines of the hexagram form the lower trigram and represent the inner situation. The three top lines form the upper trigram and represent the outer situation.
Upper trigram: The water The thunder
Lower trigram: The water The fire
29.1 (29 > 60) - Dealing with problems in the right order
When one has encountered a difficulty, one must solve it before facing others.
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29.2 (29 > 8) - Passing the buck
When one encounters difficulties that are too great, one leaves them to those who know how to handle them.
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29.3 (29 > 48) - Leaving the field
Others notice what one has wasted, thus one leaves.
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29.4 (29 > 47) - Living sparsely
When one has little means, one is content with simple things.
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The nuclear hexagram: 27.1.2.3.4.5.6 (27 > 28)
The nuclear hexagram is the association of the two inner trigrams (lines 2,3,4 and 3,4,5). It represents the root, or the origin of the situation.
27.1.2.3.4.5.6 (27 > 28) - Saying goodbye
One agrees on an appointment to say goodbye to those whom one is leaving.
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The starting situation
29.5 (29 > 7) - Going on vacation
Before returning to help others, one must take a break and prepare oneself to answer to one's relatives.
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The direction where the ruler is going to bend
29.1.2.3.4 (29 > 49) - Committing the forbidden
One gets busy on a project that others condemn.
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