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易 · #15

謙

Modesty

Hexagram 15

Hexagram 15 Modesty (謙)

Upper

坤Earth地

Lower

艮Mountain山

Meaning · modern paraphrase

Modesty; the way opens to the one who lowers themselves.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)履Treading

Inverted (綜卦)豫Enthusiasm

Same upper trigram

坤The Receptive 師The Army 泰Peace 臨Approach 復Return 明夷Darkening of the Light 升Pushing Upward

Same lower trigram

咸Influence 遯Retreat 蹇Obstruction 艮Keeping Still 漸Development 旅The Wanderer 小過Small Excess

The I Ching is a traditional divination classic, for reflection and reference.