小過

Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding → Hexagram 15: Modesty

小過
Small Exceeding
Mountain / Thunder
Modesty
Earth / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder MountainThe Arousing → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

牛耳聾聵,不曉齊味。委以鼎俎,治亂憒憒。

The ox's ears are deaf, unable to discern the flavors of Qi; entrusted with the sacrificial cauldrons, governance falls into confusion.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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