Guà Jìng - Yáo Ying

Hexagram Mirrors - Line Reflections
(line pathways)

Mirror group 19.5-60.5-20.2-59.2

About doing things according to 'their' best way

19.5 yin: Wise overseeing is the style of a great prince. Auspicious.

Able to judge with wisdom

60.5 yang: Sweet restraint, auspicious. To proceed brings honor.

Easily complying with sensible rules.

Lines 19.5 and 60.5 are each others fanyao, like views on the same landscape but from a different side, Lake-Water and vv. Asking for different (complementary) actions.

20.2 yin: Contemplation with a narrow view. Fruitful: woman's determination.

When you have no overview, then refrain from acting.

59.2 yang: Dispersion, going for one's chance. End of regret.

When things dissolve, grab your tools. (grasp any possibility)

Lines 20.2 and 59.2 are each others fanyao, like views on the same landscape but from a different side, Lake-Water and vv. Asking for different (complementary) actions.

Lines 19.5 and 20.2 and also 59.2 and 60.5 are each others qianyao (upside-down). Here are similar actions but in different landscapes (complementary contexts).
What was up, outside or mental, is now down, inside or physical.

Mirror groups 19.5 and 33.5 are contrasts
(all yang lines of Mirror 19.5-60.5 are yin lines in Mirror 33.5-56.5 and vv)
Mirror 19.5 is about doing things according to 'their' best way
Mirror 33.5 is about doing things according to 'your' best way

Explanations: How I found the Mirrors and how they work

Notes: about the 'tools' of 59.2.