51.1.2.6 (51 > 64)
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 thunder The fire


Lower trigram: The thunder The water


The nuclear hexagram: 39.1 (39 > 63)
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.
39.1 (39 > 63) - Requesting an evaluation
Others resist because one did not check, so one asks a mediator to review one's work.
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The starting situation
51.6 (51 > 21) - Taking refuge in the heights
One has lost the weakest, so one keeps a low profile until they change.
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The direction where the ruler is going to bend
51.1.2 (51 > 40) - Playing to the gallery with clumsy humour
One dresses up to look different.
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