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Encyclopedia > I Ching hexagram 12

I Ching hexagram 12, depicted :::||| is named 否 (pi3), Obstruction. Other translations: R. Wilhelm/C. Baynes, Standstill (Stagnation); E. Shaughnessy (Mawangdui), The Wife. Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ...


image:iching-hexagram-12.png Image of I Ching hexagram 12. ...

  • Inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (::: 坤 kun1) Field = (地) earth
  • Outer (upper) trigram is ☰ (||| 乾 qian2) Force = (天) heaven
  • The skeletal form of hexagram 12 is described by analogy to the under-exaggerated properties of hexagram 17 - Following (issues of finding a belief system etc). As such 12 covers the notion of neutralising when compared to its structural opposite 11 where the focus is on harmonising. This neturalising is of 'attacks' on ones faith such that the neutralising aids in firming one's belief system. In the traditional I Ching, a book about change, this defending of faith goes against change and as such we find such titles as 'standstill' etc.
  • The trigrams can be read bottom to top as "With devotion to another/others (earth in lower) comes singlemindedness (heaven in upper)"
I Ching hexagrams
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