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易 · #20

觀

Contemplation

Hexagram 20

Hexagram 20 Contemplation (觀)

Upper

巽Wind風

Lower

坤Earth地

Meaning · modern paraphrase

Contemplation; look upward and inward, see yourself.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)大壯Great Power

Inverted (綜卦)臨Approach

Same upper trigram

小畜Small Taming 家人The Family 益Increase 漸Development 巽The Gentle 渙Dispersion 中孚Inner Truth

Same lower trigram

坤The Receptive 比Holding Together 否Standstill 豫Enthusiasm 剝Splitting Apart 晉Progress 萃Gathering Together

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