The Rise and Fall of a Matter
The Qian hexagram: from the hidden dragon to the arrogant dragonTranslated from the Chinese original by the AI Guanyin Volunteer. Scripture and classical text in 「」 is kept in the original.
Hexagrams · Reading the six positions
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Don't rush to read the explanation yet. This hexagram is called Qian (乾): heaven above, heaven below, and all six lines are solid. Look from the bottom up, from the depths of the water to the highest point. What is at each position, and what is it doing?
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