小過

Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding → Hexagram 23: Splitting Apart

小過
Small Exceeding
Mountain / Thunder
Splitting Apart
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

登高斬木,頓躓陷險。車傾馬疲,伯叔吁嗟。

Climbing high to fell timber, stumbling and falling into peril; cart overturned, horse exhausted; uncles and brothers cry out in distress.

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

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