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Form and Adornment
Upper trigram: Mountain · Lower trigram: Fire
Judgment
Form can aid expression, but adornment cannot replace substance.
Image
Mountain above Fire; from bottom to top: yang, yin, yang, yin, yin, yang.
Ask whether presentation reveals the content or conceals its absence.
Six lines and their changes
1 / 6
Walking instead of riding keeps appearance proportionate to substance.
Move this line → Knowing Where to Stop2 / 6
A beard's adornment depends on the face it accompanies.
Move this line → Strength Held in Reserve3 / 6
Rich embellishment still needs a durable underlying standard.
Move this line → Sources of Nourishment4 / 6
Plain white riders may seek connection rather than conflict.
Move this line → Light and Its Support5 / 6
A modest gift in a simple setting can carry genuine regard.
Move this line → Order within the Household6 / 6
Adornment reaches its limit in deliberate simplicity.
Move this line → Protecting the Light
Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.
Form and Adornment · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?
Mountain / Fire. Mountain above Fire; from bottom to top: yang, yin, yang, yin, yin, yang.
Form and Adornment · 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.