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剝 23 · Bō · Splitting Apart
Mountain over Earth — upper Gèn 艮 (still, resting, bounded); lower Kūn 坤 (receptive, yielding, nourishing)
Hexagram 23, Splitting Apart (Bō, 剝), is Mountain over Earth. Mountain over earth, crumbling. Decline; the base gives way.
The situation
Mountain over earth, crumbling. Decline; the base gives way.
The counsel
Do not act now. Wait it out, and give generously to those beneath you.
The six lines
Line 1 — The leg of the bed splits. Ruin begins below.
Line 2 — The edge of the bed splits. Misfortune.
Line 3 — Splitting apart from them. No blame in breaking with the corrupt.
Line 4 — The bed splits up to the skin. Danger.
Line 5 — A school of fish; favour through the court ladies. Good.
Line 6 — A large fruit uneaten. The noble gets a carriage; the petty one’s house collapses.