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Hexagram 15: Modesty (谦)

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· Modesty

Upper Trigram

Earth

Lower Trigram

Mountain

Description

True humility. The mountain rests beneath the earth; greatness that does not display itself.

The Judgment

Modesty creates success. The superior person carries things through.

The Image

Within the earth, a mountain. Thus the superior person reduces that which is too much and augments that which is too little.
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