Trichotomous Form

Due to the presence of BOTH/AND states in this hexagram's trichotomous form, this hexagram can share context with hexagram 08.

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Transformations

At all times, the path into hexagram 23 is that of 02 - devoting. What this implies is that the change of any hexagram into 23 is forced to go through the characteristics of 02

At all times the path out of hexagram 23 is the opposite of the path in - in this case the path described by 01 - perseverence & confidence. Thus the process of hexagram 23 changing into any other hexagram has to pass through hexagram 01 to start.

Influences

One maintains identity through maintaining core relationships.

Hexagram 23 finds it's roots in hexagram 24, Returning, with the emphasis on going back to a path leading to the idea of pruning, remove chaff from wheat.

As we progress towards the refined point at the top of the hexagram, so we pass through ever-improving states, the description of which is given by the order of contextual hexagrams. The final contextual state, prior to text and context becoming 'one', is described by the line 5 influence - hexagram 08, uniting.

For hexagram 23, the contextual hexagrams sequence from the base line through to the top is:

• Base line - hexagram 24, Returning (pulled-back to 'the' path).
• line 2 - hexagram 07, Uniforming
• line 3 - hexagram 15, Evening-out
• line 4 - hexagram 16, Foreseeing, Enthusing
• line 5 - hexagram 08, Uniting, Attracting
• Top line - hexagram 23, Pruning

Line Influences

At a finer level of analysis, the contextual hexagrams encapsulate the behaviour of a hexagram pair - where one is connected to the unchanging line and the other to the line when it changes.These pairs are shown below, with The layout format described here

23 (02,32) Cleaning, Pruning {Social Concentration}

     With devotion comes retainment.
     

------ (6) Balance - Creating : Receiving               (01)      (02)
--  -- (5) Likeness - Non-involving : Accumulating      (25)      (46)
--  -- (4) Likeness - Compromising : Hiding             (06)      (36)
--  -- (3) Regulation - Self Reflect. : Self Restrain.  (58)      (52)
--  -- (2) Development - Mirroring : Bypassing          (38)      (39)
--  -- (1) Presence - Sympathizing : Portraying         (61)      (62)

Influencing changing line hexagram for:

Line 6 Hexagram   : 52
     5            : 39
     4            : 62
     3            : 02
     2            : 46
     1            : 36

Generic template-biased description

Contractive bonding within the context of contractive blending.
A contractive static aspect within the context of a contracting whole.