The 64 Hexagrams

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Erosion at the Base

Upper trigram: Mountain · Lower trigram: Earth

Judgment

Support erodes layer by layer; expansion is ill-timed while the base is failing.

Image

Mountain above Earth; from bottom to top: yin, yin, yin, yin, yin, yang.

Protect the remaining core and the possibility of renewal.

Six lines and their changes

  1. 1 / 6

    The bed's legs erode first; inspect the foundation.

    Move this line → Sources of Nourishment
  2. 2 / 6

    Erosion reaches the frame; cosmetic repair is no longer enough.

    Move this line → Learning from Uncertainty
  3. 3 / 6

    Separation from the eroding group creates another course.

    Move this line → Knowing Where to Stop
  4. 4 / 6

    Damage reaches the skin; protection now outranks expansion.

    Move this line → Emerging into View
  5. 5 / 6

    Fish arranged in a line suggest ordered access rather than rivalry.

    Move this line → Attentive Observation
  6. 6 / 6

    The uneaten fruit preserves a core from which renewal remains possible.

    Move this line → Earth Receiving

Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.

Erosion at the Base · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?

Mountain / Earth. Mountain above Earth; from bottom to top: yin, yin, yin, yin, yin, yang.

Erosion at the Base · Move this line?

Change exactly one line, numbered from the bottom. Each of the six links below leads to the resulting figure.

Cast with this figure

Classical source · Traditional symbols offer a perspective for reflection, not a prediction of inevitable events.