39.2.3.4 (39 > 47)
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 lake


Lower trigram: The mountain The water


39.2 (39 > 48) - Rowing like a galley slave
Many difficulties to feed others.
Bing DeepL Google YandexThe nuclear hexagram: 64.1.2.3.4.5 (64 > 37)
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.
64.1.2.3.4.5 (64 > 37) - Instability
One understands better than others the needs of those one loves.
Bing DeepL Google YandexRuler
The starting situation
39.4 (39 > 31) - Making one's friends hang around
Others are not there so one has to wait for them.
Bing DeepL Google YandexCorrection
The direction where the ruler is going to bend
39.2.3 (39 > 29) - Getting the last customers out
One advances to thwart those who want to hold the line.
Bing DeepL Google Yandex