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Sources of Nourishment
Upper trigram: Mountain · Lower trigram: Thunder
Judgment
Nourishment asks what sustains you and what you sustain in return.
Image
Mountain above Thunder; from bottom to top: yang, yin, yin, yin, yin, yang.
Trace the source of support, not only the object of appetite.
Six lines and their changes
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Envy of another's food abandons your own resourcefulness.
Move this line → Erosion at the Base2 / 6
Seeking support from the wrong direction unsettles your footing.
Move this line → Reducing with Care3 / 6
Persistently violating nourishment undermines the basis of support.
Move this line → Form and Adornment4 / 6
Focused attention can seek support below without losing responsibility.
Move this line → Biting through Obstruction5 / 6
Rely on support where you stand; do not overextend it.
Move this line → An Increase Shared6 / 6
A source of nourishment carries responsibility for others through risk.
Move this line → A Return Begins
Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.
Sources of Nourishment · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?
Mountain / Thunder. Mountain above Thunder; from bottom to top: yang, yin, yin, yin, yin, yang.
Sources of Nourishment · 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.