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Repairing Decay
Upper trigram: Mountain · Lower trigram: Wind
Judgment
Repair longstanding decay by examining causes and checking what follows the intervention.
Image
Mountain above Wind; from bottom to top: yin, yang, yang, yin, yin, yang.
Separate inherited faults from present indulgence.
Six lines and their changes
1 / 6
Repair inherited faults while recognizing the hazards of taking them on.
Move this line → Strength Held in Reserve2 / 6
Correct a nurturing legacy without rigid force.
Move this line → Knowing Where to Stop3 / 6
Overzealous repair brings minor regret without invalidating the repair itself.
Move this line → Learning from Uncertainty4 / 6
Indulging inherited faults allows their cost to grow.
Move this line → The Vessel of Renewal5 / 6
Recognition follows the effective repair of inherited disorder.
Move this line → Influence by Degrees6 / 6
Declining office can preserve work outside a compromised order.
Move this line → Growing Upward
Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.
Repairing Decay · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?
Mountain / Wind. Mountain above Wind; from bottom to top: yin, yang, yang, yin, yin, yang.
Repairing Decay · 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.