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䷎ Hexagram 15: Humbling

Judgment

MODESTY creates success. You should follow things through.

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Within the earth, a mountain: The image of MODESTY. Thus, you should reduce that which is too much, and augment that which is too little. Weigh things and make them equal.

Description
Hexagram 15 is named 謙 (qiān), “Humbling”. Other variations include “modesty”. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☶ (艮 gèn) bound = (山) mountain and its outer (upper) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth.

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