Guà Jìng - Yáo Ying

Hexagram Mirrors - Line Reflections
(line pathways)

Mirror group 33.5-56.5-34.2-55.2

About doing things according to 'your' best way

33.5 yang: Praised retreat. Determination auspicious.

Able to retreat (stay neutral) in a good way.

56.5 yin: He shoots a pheasant, dead with one arrow. In the end praise and an assignment.

Proving oneself. Come forth in a good way.

Lines 33.5 and 56.5 are each others fanyao, like views on the same landscape but from a different side, Lake-Water and vv. Asking for different (complementary) actions.

34.2 yang: Determination auspicious.

Use your strength according to the gods.

55.2 yin: Feng was so obscured at noon the Dipper was seen. To proceed brings doubt and anxiety. Being sincere, Fa gathers. Auspicious

When everything looks bad (everyone disagrees), rely on your (own) sincerity. Use persuasiveness.

Lines 34.2 and 55.2 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 33.5 and 34.2 and also 55.2 and 56.5 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 33.5 and 19.5 are contrasts
(all yang lines of Mirror 33.5-56.5 are yin lines in Mirror 19.5-60.5 and vv)
Mirror 33.5 is about doing things according to 'your' best way
Mirror 19.5 is about doing things according to 'their' best way

Explanations: How I found the Mirrors and how they work