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Approach

Hexagram 19 · 临 (Lín)

Upper: Earth · Lower: Lake

Judgment (卦辞)

“Approach has supreme success. Perseverance furthers. When the eighth month comes, there will be misfortune.”

Image (象辞)

“The earth above the lake: the image of Approach. Thus the superior person is inexhaustible in their will to teach.”

Structure

Upper Trigram

Earth

Lower Trigram

Lake