小過

Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding → Hexagram 2: The Receptive

小過
Small Exceeding
Mountain / Thunder
The Receptive
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramMountain EarthKeeping Still → The Receptive
Lower TrigramThunder EarthThe Arousing → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

謹慎重言,不幸遭患。周邵述職,脫免牢開。

Cautious and measured in speech, yet misfortune still befalls; Zhou Shao fulfilled his duties, and was released from prison, set free.

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

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