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Hexagram 28 of 64

大过

Great Excess

da guo · 大过

NO
Misfortune

Interpretation

No. The structure is overburdened — reduce pressure.

Upper Trigram

Lake

Lower Trigram

Wind

The Judgment (King Wen)

Preponderance of the Great. The ridgepole sags to the breaking point. It furthers one to have somewhere to go.

The Image

The lake rises above the trees: the image of Preponderance of the Great.

Keywords

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