49.1.5.6 (49 > 56)
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 lake The fire


Lower trigram: The fire The mountain


49.1 (49 > 31) - Criticizing harshly
One is bound by constraints so one joins the others.
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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.
44.6 (44 > 28) - Rejecting any agreement
One asks one's relatives to wait because one is not ready.
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The starting situation
49.6 (49 > 13) - Regaining one' s freedom
Friends ask that one waits until they are ready before reforming.
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The direction where the ruler is going to bend
49.1.5 (49 > 62) - Not causing harm to those one has chosen
One praises the merits of one's partners so as not to appear to disparage them.
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