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Splitting Apart Hexagram 23 of the I Ching (Yijing · 周易)
Splitting apart — the inferior ascends
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The Judgment
Splitting Apart — it does not further one to go anywhere.
The Six Moving Lines
- Six at the beginningThe leg of the bed is split; those who are inferior must be removed; perseverance brings misfortune.初六：剥床以足，蔑贞凶。
- Six in the second placeThe bed is stripped at the edge; those who are inferior are spreading; perseverance brings misfortune.六二：剥床以辨，蔑贞凶。
- Six in the third placeHe strips it away; no blame.六三：剥之，无咎。
- Six in the fourth placeThe bed is stripped down to the skin; misfortune.六四：剥床以肤，凶。
- Six in the fifth placeA shoal of fishes; the inferior people must yield to the superior; everything furthers.六五：贯鱼，以宫人宠，无不利。
- Nine at the topThe ripe fruit is not eaten; the superior man finds that the inferior people are yielding to him; the small man would strip his own house.上九：硕果不食，君子得舆，小人剥庐。