Hexagram 27 · line 2
Nourishment
頤Yí
Nourishment is reversed, contrary to the usual order. Seeking nourishment on the hill and advancing brings misfortune.
Line statement
六二
顛頤，拂經，于丘頤，征凶。
Nourishment is reversed, contrary to the usual order. Seeking nourishment on the hill and advancing brings misfortune.
In the traditional reading, Line 2 first seeks nourishment from the firm line below, reversing the usual order, and then from the distant top line on the hill. Neither gives it a proper source of support. Changing Line 2 makes Lake below Mountain, Hexagram 41.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · center
Line 2 is the center of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 5: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 5; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes