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Modesty in Action
Upper trigram: Earth · Lower trigram: Mountain
Judgment
Modesty helps worthwhile work reach its end by limiting self-importance.
Image
Earth above Mountain; from bottom to top: yin, yin, yang, yin, yin, yin.
Leave room for others in credit, position, and conduct.
Six lines and their changes
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Deep modesty can accompany the courage needed for a crossing.
Move this line → Protecting the Light2 / 6
Modesty becomes audible through conduct, not self-advertisement.
Move this line → Growing Upward3 / 6
Complete the work without claiming every share of credit.
Move this line → Earth Receiving4 / 6
Let modesty govern gestures and decisions.
Move this line → Care in Small Matters5 / 6
Without buying allegiance, address disorder when necessary.
Move this line → A Blocked Passage6 / 6
Let declared modesty begin with correcting your own domain.
Move this line → Knowing Where to Stop
Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.
Modesty in Action · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?
Earth / Mountain. Earth above Mountain; from bottom to top: yin, yin, yang, yin, yin, yin.
Modesty in Action · Move this line?
Change exactly one line, numbered from the bottom. Each of the six links below leads to the resulting figure.
Classical source · Traditional symbols offer a perspective for reflection, not a prediction of inevitable events.