Due to the presence of BOTH/AND states in this hexagram's trichotomous form, this hexagram can share context with hexagram 13.
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At all times, the path into hexagram 44 is that of 28 - Exceeding. What this implies is that the change of any hexagram into 44 is forced to go through the characteristics of 28
At all times the path out of hexagram 44 is the opposite of the path in - in this case the path described by 27 - hungering. Thus the process of hexagram 44 changing into any other hexagram has to pass through hexagram 27 to start.
Hexagram 44 finds it's roots in hexagram 43, Spreading, with the emphasis on Spreading-out developing into persuading, seducing.
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 32, commiting.
For hexagram 44, 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
44 (32,14) Seeding, Seducing, Persuading
With cultivation comes confidence (power).
------ (6) Presence - Portraying : Sympathizing (62) (61)
------ (5) Influence - Delivering : Communicating (40) (37)
------ (4) Influence - Arousing : Controlling (51) (57)
------ (3) Development - Progressing : Waiting (35) (05)
------ (2) Regulation - Honouring : Studying (45) (26)
-- -- (1) Balance - Receiving : Creating (02) (01)
Influencing changing line hexagram for:
Line 6 Hexagram : 05
5 : 26
4 : 01
3 : 61
2 : 37
1 : 57
Expansive blending within the context of contractive binding.
Expansive whole within the context of a contracting dynamic aspect.