Yi Jing Hexagram 16 - Line 3
The hexagram: 16
An hexagram is a combination of six yin and yang lines.
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.
trigSup
Lower trigram: The earth The mountain
The nuclear hexagram: 39.2.4 (39 > 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.
39.2.4 (39 > 28) - Spending one's days making efforts
One works hard to receive a meager livelihood.
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The same line number on the mutated hexagram. It reperesents what can be done AFTER to correct the situation described by this line, as a sort of remedy or solution.
62.3 (62 > 16) - Protecting oneself against sneak attacks
One can suffer from a lack of vigilance.
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Mutations
16.1.3 (16 > 55) - Getting help from the best
One is going to ask the most skilled to perform what one is unable to do.
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16.2.3 (16 > 32) - Wanting more success
One is waiting for more results before recognizing the champions' victory.
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16.3.4 (16 > 15) - Warning of an imminent attack
One takes refuge with our friends to tell them that the danger is not far away.
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16.1.3.4 (16 > 36) - Behaving in a childish way
Once again, one has shown immaturity.
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16.1.2.3.4 (16 > 11) - Saving
One increases one's wealth because one spends less than one earns.
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16.3.5 (16 > 31) - Monopolizing speech
One remembers that others did not always have a say.
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16.1.3.5 (16 > 49) - Molting
One ousts one's former allies to make way for new talents.
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16.2.3.5 (16 > 28) - Vigor
One makes a commitment to one's superiors not to talk about it further.
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16.1.2.3.5 (16 > 43) - Recognizing only one chief
One affirms one's determination not to be guided by other leaders.
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16.3.4.5 (16 > 39) - Vigor
One represses one's aggressiveness so as not to appear as dangerous as one really is.
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16.1.3.4.5 (16 > 63) - Spinning head over tail
One performs a maneuver that others find confusing.
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16.2.3.4.5 (16 > 48) - Vigor
One learns courtesy so that others are favorably impressed.
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16.1.2.3.4.5 (16 > 5) - Embellishing one's interior
One has planned improvements to make others feel good.
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16.3.6 (16 > 56) - Sheltering penitents
One supports those who have gone astray.
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16.1.3.6 (16 > 30) - Getting trapped
One is under the influence of a person skilled at manipulating those who are not suspicious.
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16.2.3.6 (16 > 50) - Complaining against the most favored
One is ranting after those who have received more benefits.
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16.1.2.3.6 (16 > 14) - Requesting an assessment
One is introduced to those who are able to evaluate what one is worth.
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16.3.4.6 (16 > 52) - Vigor
One has fond memories of a moment of conviviality.
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16.1.3.4.6 (16 > 22) - Vigor
One embellishes one's daily life with a little poetry.
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16.2.3.4.6 (16 > 18) - Welcoming the audience rating
One warns their leaders of the satisfaction one feels in being heard.
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16.1.2.3.4.6 (16 > 26) - Searching for inventions
One draws new resources by welcoming innovations.
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16.3.5.6 (16 > 33) - Vigor
One improves one's looks so that others don't get tired of coming.
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16.1.3.5.6 (16 > 13) - Vigor
One appreciates that others are not more fearsome.
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16.2.3.5.6 (16 > 44) - Vigor
One presents other ideas than one's own to showcase one's science.
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16.1.2.3.5.6 (16 > 1) - Being spotted unknowingly
One does not think that they have been seen.
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16.3.4.5.6 (16 > 53) - Perfecting one's knowledge
One sharpen one's ideas through contact with well-educated people.
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16.1.3.4.5.6 (16 > 37) - Partitioning one's life
One compartmentalizes one's existence so as not to lose control of it.
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16.2.3.4.5.6 (16 > 57) - Vigor
One invents a new way of saying what one thinks.
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16.1.2.3.4.5.6 (16 > 9) - Being afraid to confess
After being solicited, one wonders why others are not able to say what they want.
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