Due to the presence of BOTH/AND states in this hexagram's trichotomous form, this hexagram can share context with hexagrams 03, 04, and 29.
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At all times, the path into hexagram 27 is that of 24 - Return. What this implies is that the change of any hexagram into 27 is forced to go through the characteristics of 24.
At all times the path out of hexagram 27 is the opposite of the path in - in this case the path described by 44 - persuading, seducing. Thus the process of hexagram 27 changing into any other hexagram has to pass through hexagram 44 to start.
Hexagram 27 finds it's roots in hexagram 02, Devoting, with the emphasis on devoting developing into hungering (for more?).
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 03, Difficult beginnings.
For hexagram 27, the contextual hexagrams sequence from the base line through to the top is:
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
27 (34,08) Nourishing, Ingesting, Hungering
With enlightenment comes retainment.
------ (6) Presence - Small Gaining : Enthusing (09) (16)
-- -- (5) Influence - Refining : Commiting (42) (32)
-- -- (4) Influence - Dissolving : Overflowing (59) (55)
-- -- (3) Development - Limiting : Journeying (60) (56)
-- -- (2) Regulation - Concentrating : Commiting (41) (31)
------ (1) Balance - Treading : Evening (10) (15)
Influencing changing line hexagram for:
Line 6 Hexagram : 56
5 : 31
4 : 15
3 : 16
2 : 32
1 : 55
Contractive bonding within the context of expansive binding.
Contractive static aspect within the context of expansive dynamic aspect.