Yi Jing Hexagram 34 - Line 5
The hexagram: 34
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.
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The nuclear hexagram: 43.6 (43 > 1)
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.
43.6 (43 > 1) - Ducking
It is imprudent to avoid questions when one doesn't want to be embarrassed.
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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.
43.5 (43 > 34) - Defaulting
Others return because one didn't want to continue.
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The derived of the reciprocal. It represents what could have been done BEFORE to prevent the situation described by this line, as a sort of remedy or solution.
44.2 (44 > 33) - Protecting one' s privacy
One shows behind the scenes only to those who ask and are invited.
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Mutations
34.1.5 (34 > 28) - Showing curiosity
One wiggles around to see what's behind all this.
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34.2.5 (34 > 49) - Sharing the blame
One carries within oneself a share of responsibility that others have refused to say.
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34.1.2.5 (34 > 31) - Recovering one's potential
One retrieves the means one had before.
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34.3.5 (34 > 58) - Getting banned
One is being oppressed by some malicious people.
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34.1.3.5 (34 > 47) - Finding amiss details
One finds many anomalies in the papers one is inspecting.
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34.2.3.5 (34 > 17) - Realizing one's mistake
One comes to wonder how one got here.
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34.1.2.3.5 (34 > 45) - Forcing others to turn back
One paralyzes the movement of others by making waves.
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34.4.5 (34 > 5) - Withstanding the shock
One applauds those who are not stunned by the concussions.
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34.1.4.5 (34 > 48) - Returning the favor
One is delighted to be able to help those to whom one owes a debt
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34.2.4.5 (34 > 63) - Talking about one's dreams
One monopolizes the general attention with one's bedtime stories.
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34.1.2.4.5 (34 > 39) - Foreseeing an assault
One tames the most vulnerable to protect them from those who want to exploit them.
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34.3.4.5 (34 > 60) - Wanting to get out of a hornet's nest
One moves mountains so as not to bear the choice of others.
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34.1.3.4.5 (34 > 29) - Acting on one's own
One complicates things when one doesn't want to do exactly as others say.
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34.2.3.4.5 (34 > 3) - Teaching humility
One moves ahead of those who want to be always right.
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34.1.2.3.4.5 (34 > 8) - Renewing the contract
Others want one to be part of their organization.
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34.5.6 (34 > 1) - Continuing anyway
One is doing their best to make things advance.
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34.1.5.6 (34 > 44) - Learning patience
One has to have patience to endure an endless wait.
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34.2.5.6 (34 > 13) - Weighing the pros and cons
One thinks before going to tell others in which direction one wants to go.
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34.1.2.5.6 (34 > 33) - Presenting one's work
One steps back so that others can understand what it is all about.
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34.3.5.6 (34 > 10) - Losing one's benefits
One notices that the only trump cards one has in one's hands are disappearing.
34.1.3.5.6 (34 > 6) - Dismissing looters
One does not allow thieves to run for high office.
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34.2.3.5.6 (34 > 25) - Crying out one's despair
One feels sorry for oneself when others do not want to listen to reason.
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34.1.2.3.5.6 (34 > 12) - Defending one's guests
One must prevent others from exploiting the weakness of one's associates.
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34.4.5.6 (34 > 9) - Getting back to the basics
One feels more sensations when one stops deviating from the subject.
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34.1.4.5.6 (34 > 57) - Agreeing to discuss
One succeeds in obtaining concessions to put an end to a period of unrest.
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34.2.4.5.6 (34 > 37) - Stopping to ramble
One deprives one's opponents of a major asset.
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34.1.2.4.5.6 (34 > 53) - Calming one's ardor
One makes life easier for one's neighbors by not waking them up when they are resting
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34.3.4.5.6 (34 > 61) - Giving in for love
One resolves to make other concessions so as not to lose a very important market.
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34.1.3.4.5.6 (34 > 59) - Following the line
One strictly follows the instructions given by one's superiors.
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34.2.3.4.5.6 (34 > 42) - Preventing the best from winning
One tackles others so one can stay in the race.
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34.1.2.3.4.5.6 (34 > 20) - Making a summary
One recapitulates for those who do not know the rules.
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