The 64 Hexagrams

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Untying the Difficulty

Upper trigram: Thunder · Lower trigram: Water

Judgment

Release restores ordinary life; address what remains promptly without inventing new tasks.

Image

Thunder above Water; from bottom to top: yin, yang, yin, yang, yin, yin.

Name the bond being loosened rather than assume every problem has gone.

Six lines and their changes

  1. 1 / 6

    As difficulty eases, do not create a task merely to act.

    Move this line → An Unequal Union
  2. 2 / 6

    Remove hidden trouble with a centered and fair standard.

    Move this line → Readiness and Enthusiasm
  3. 3 / 6

    A mismatch between role and position invites conflict.

    Move this line → Continuity with Direction
  4. 4 / 6

    Release a minor entanglement to make room for trustworthy companions.

    Move this line → An Organized Force
  5. 5 / 6

    Freedom becomes credible when harmful dependencies are actually released.

    Move this line → Constrained Resources
  6. 6 / 6

    Prepared, precise action removes a clearly identified obstruction.

    Move this line → Before the Crossing

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

Untying the Difficulty · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?

Thunder / Water. Thunder above Water; from bottom to top: yin, yang, yin, yang, yin, yin.

Untying the Difficulty · 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.