Modesty ䷎
“The hidden mountain — great capability concealed within humble appearance.”
Trigram Composition
Upper Trigram
☷
☷ Earth (Kun)
Lower Trigram
☶
☶ Mountain (Gen)
Binary Structure
Binary: 001000
Hexagram Meaning
The Oracle Speaks
A mountain hidden within the earth — great height concealed in lowliness. Modesty creates success. The superior person reduces what is too much and augments what is too little. Equalizing, balancing. The senior engineer who speaks last and codes cleanly. True power needs no announcement.
The Six Lines — Changing Line Oracles
When a line is “changing” (old yin or old yang), its oracle activates. These texts reveal the specific mutation occurring at that position in the hexagram.
Line 1 (Yin — broken) — Bottom
A modest person may cross the great water. Good fortune. Humility is the passport to any environment.
Line 2 (Yin — broken)
Modesty that comes to expression. Perseverance brings good fortune. Let your code speak for itself.
Line 3 (Yang — solid)
A modest person of merit brings things to conclusion. Good fortune. The one who finishes what others start.
Line 4 (Yin — broken)
Nothing that would not further modest demeanor in movement. Modesty in action, not just words.
Line 5 (Yin — broken)
No boasting of wealth before neighbors. Attack with force. No blame. Modesty does not mean weakness — strike when justice demands it.
Line 6 (Yin — broken) — Top
Modesty that comes to expression. It furthers to set armies marching against one's own city. Humble self-correction — audit your own systems hardest.
Related Hexagrams — Upper ☷ Earth (Kun)
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