The Hexagrams

One of the sixty-four hexagrams of the Yijing, the Book of Changes.

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Nourishment

Yi 頤

Steadfastness brings good fortune. Look at what is nourished, and at what you seek to fill your own mouth.

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A mountain above, thunder below: this is Nourishment. So the noble person is careful in speech and moderate in eating and drinking.

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Adapted from Yi King (1882) by James Legge.