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Constrained Resources
Upper trigram: Lake · Lower trigram: Water
Judgment
Constraint can preserve integrity when words no longer persuade.
Image
Lake above Water; from bottom to top: yin, yang, yin, yang, yang, yin.
Conserve effort by identifying usable resources and blocked channels.
Six lines and their changes
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Retreat into the dark valley deepens isolation.
Move this line → Joy in Exchange2 / 6
Material provision does not by itself release constrained agency.
Move this line → Gathering around a Center3 / 6
A thorny support leaves neither footing nor companionship secure.
Move this line → A Burden Too Great4 / 6
Help delayed by its own vehicle may still eventually arrive.
Move this line → Through Repeated Danger5 / 6
Pressure bound to status eases gradually, beyond ceremonial appearances.
Move this line → Untying the Difficulty6 / 6
Fear of regret becomes another vine; loosen it to move.
Move this line → A Dispute
Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.
Constrained Resources · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?
Lake / Water. Lake above Water; from bottom to top: yin, yang, yin, yang, yang, yin.
Constrained Resources · 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.