䷓ Hexagram 20: Viewing

Judgment

CONTEMPLATION. The ablution has been made, but not yet the offering. Full of trust they look up to him.

Image

The wind blows over the earth: The image of CONTEMPLATION. Thus the kings of old visited the regions of the world, contemplated the people, and gave them instruction.

Description
Hexagram 20 is named 觀 (guān), “Viewing”. Other variations include “contemplation (view)” and “looking up”. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☷ (坤 kūn) field = (地) earth, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☴ (巽 xùn) ground = (風) wind.