损。有孚，元吉，无咎，可贞，利有攸往。曷之用？二簋可用享。
Mountain over Lake. Deliberate sacrifice. Giving up the lower to strengthen the higher.
The Lines
初九：已事遄往，无咎，酌损之。
Line 1 — Going quickly when one's tasks are finished. Help quickly, then leave. Measure the cost to others.
九二：利贞，征凶，弗损益之。
Line 2 — Without decreasing oneself, one brings increase to others. Serve from fullness, not depletion.
六三：三人行则损一人，一人行则得其友。
Line 3 — When three people journey together, their number decreases by one. Decrease the group to increase the effectiveness.
六四：损其疾，使遄有喜，无咎。
Line 4 — Decreasing one's faults. Reducing your own flaws attracts the right people faster than anything.
六五：或益之十朋之龟，弗克违，元吉。
Line 5 — Someone enriches him. Supreme good fortune. The universe rewards genuine decrease.
上九：弗损益之，无咎，贞吉，利有攸往，得臣无家。
Line 6 — Without decreasing oneself, one obtains increase. The paradox completed: giving everything away gains everything.
Nuclear Hexagram
Nuclear Hexagram: 24 复 (Return)
What was given away comes back transformed.
Practical Application
Decrease deliberately, with awareness. The sacrifice that serves a purpose compounds.