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41 Reduce,
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"[With self-reflection comes discernment : Concentrating] One uses restraint on one's desires."
Class: Differentiating
In hexagram 41 there is a double meaning implied, which is brought out by the term 'Reduce'. The hexagram implies, in a social context, the concentration of richness and poorness; the rich get richer, the poor get poorer. At the same time this is applied to the individual as combining selectivity with self reflection, and the act of taking a step back to reconsider something. All of this corresponds with the concepts of lessening or diminishing, since concentrating something implies lessening or diminishing something else. Contextually, we move from uniforming to standardizing and thus reduction.
This duality is perhaps seen more if we make the interpretive distinction of opposition versus cooperation.
The oppositional form gives this hexagram a reductionist flavour but in a deteriorating sense.
The cooperative form gives this hexagram a reductionst flavour but with a qualitative refinement; a distillation.
Five Phase Relationships : The trigram of Lake reflects cooperative exchange. The trigram of Mountain reflects Filtration-through-discernment. Cooperative Exchange expressed through Filtration is expressed as concentration, distillation.
Goal of 41 - hexagram 04 (or 'how do I 04? - 41')
41 is the goal of 52 (or 'how do I 41? - 52' How do I concentrate/distill/purify? By being discerning, blocking the 'rubbish' and only allowing-in the quality material)
The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 19. The raw nature of the base line position is described through analogy with hexagram 07 Uniforming. It passes through hexagram 60 Standardizing before reaching here.
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Root Vertical Binary |
Quality Matrix |
Root Horizontal Binary |
Balance Matrix |
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41 04 27 23 26 18 22 52 |
19 07 24 02 11 46 36 15 |
42 03 27 24 25 17 23 51 |
42 03 27 24 25 17 23 51 |
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38 64 21 35 14 50 30 56 |
54 40 51 16 34 32 55 62 |
37 63 22 36 13 49 30 55 |
37 63 22 36 13 49 30 55 |
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61 59 42 20 09 57 37 53 |
60 29 03 08 05 48 63 39 |
61 60 41 19 10 58 38 54 |
61 60 41 19 10 58 38 54 |
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10 06 25 12 01 44 13 33 |
58 47 17 45 43 28 49 31 |
09 05 26 11 01 43 14 34 |
09 05 26 11 01 43 14 34 |
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19 07 24 02 11 46 36 15 |
41 04 27 23 26 18 22 52 |
20 08 23 02 12 45 35 16 |
16 35 45 12 02 23 08 20 |
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54 40 51 16 34 32 55 62 |
38 64 21 35 14 50 30 56 |
53 39 52 15 33 31 56 62 |
62 56 31 33 15 52 39 53 |
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60 29 03 08 05 48 63 39 |
61 59 42 20 09 57 37 53 |
59 29 04 07 06 47 64 40 |
40 64 47 06 07 04 29 59 |
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58 47 17 45 43 28 49 31 |
10 06 25 12 01 44 13 33 |
57 48 18 46 44 28 59 32 |
32 59 28 44 46 18 48 57 |
Above.
The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 07 Uniforming. It passes through hexagram 60 Standardizing before reaching here.
By introducing this hexagram as context, you can change a state described by any other hexagram into a state described by hexagram 19. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 19 as context.
It is important to remember that, when using transformative methods, the more lines requiring change, the more energy required when attempting to introduce a different context. It may therefore be of benefit to work on existing changing lines and achieve your goal in steps rather than attempt, for example, a six-line change all at once.
To 'go with the flow', any hexagram that is changing into hexagram 31 reflects an influence of 41 on that hexagram in that the 'flow' is in hexagram 41 and as such this reflects the need to adapt to that flow and so take-on the properties and methods of 41.
