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I Ching hexagramPhong Thiên Tiểu Súc (The Taming Power of the Small)
- Hexagram 9 of 64 (King Wen order)
- Upper ☴ Xun, lower ☰ Qian
- Chinese name: 小畜
I Ching hexagram 9: Phong Thiên Tiểu Súc (小畜, The Taming Power of the Small)
Hexagram 9 in the received order of the Zhou Yi is Phong Thiên Tiểu Súc (小畜, The Taming Power of the Small): upper trigram Tốn ☴ (Wind), lower trigram Càn ☰ (Heaven); the six lines from the bottom: yang, yang, yang, yin, yang, yang.
- Upper trigram
- Tốn ☴ (Wind)
- Lower trigram
- Càn ☰ (Heaven)
- Six lines, bottom up
- yang, yang, yang, yin, yang, yang
- Inverse
- 16, Lôi Địa Dự
- Reversed
- 10, Thiên Trạch Lý
- Nuclear
- 38, Hỏa Trạch Khuê
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