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易 · #23

剝

Splitting Apart

Hexagram 23

Hexagram 23 Splitting Apart (剝)

Upper

艮Mountain山

Lower

坤Earth地

Meaning · modern paraphrase

Splitting apart; pause, wait, hold the root.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)夬Breakthrough

Inverted (綜卦)復Return

Same upper trigram

蒙Youthful Folly 蠱Work on the Decayed 賁Grace 大畜Great Taming 頤Nourishment 損Decrease 艮Keeping Still

Same lower trigram

坤The Receptive 比Holding Together 否Standstill 豫Enthusiasm 觀Contemplation 晉Progress 萃Gathering Together

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