What Does the Whole Picture Look Like?

Hexagram Yi: A Mouth

Translated from the Chinese original by the AI Guanyin Volunteer. Scripture and classical text in 「」 is kept in the original.

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山 雷 一二三四五六
Don't rush to read the explanation yet. This hexagram is called 「頤」 (Yi), which means the jaw and cheeks. Mountain is above, thunder is below. This time, don't count the lines one by one. Take in the whole shape: one solid line at the top, one at the bottom, and four broken lines in between. What does it look like?

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