Stripping Away (剥) — Hexagram 23. I Ching constitutional reading from 知己 Zhiji.
I Ching · Hexagram 23

Stripping Away

☶ over ☷ · Mountain over Earth
剥。不利有攸往。

Mountain over Earth. Everything being taken away, layer by layer.

The Lines

初六:剥床以足,蔑贞凶。

Line 1 — The leg of the bed is split. The foundation attacked first.

六二:剥床以辨,蔑贞凶。

Line 2 — The bed is split at the edge. Closer to the center. Same warning, more urgent.

六三:剥之,无咎。

Line 3 — Strips it. No blame. The one who participates in the stripping consciously. The only line without misfortune.

六四:剥床以肤,凶。

Line 4 — The bed is stripped to the skin. No more buffer. Direct contact with the dissolution.

六五:贯鱼,以宫人宠,无不利。

Line 5 — A shoal of fishes. Within the stripping, a group that survives together.

上九:硕果不食,君子得舆,小人剥庐。

Line 6 — A large fruit uneaten. The seed that survived. The person of character keeps the seed.

Nuclear Hexagram

Nuclear Hexagram: 2 坤 (Earth)

When everything is taken, what remains is the ground itself.

Practical Application

Protect the seed. What survives the stripping is what was real.

你在哪里。问知己。

Know where you are. Ask 知己.

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