Hexagram 41 · line 2
Decrease
損Sǔn
Constancy is beneficial; setting out brings misfortune. Without diminishing oneself, one can benefit another.
Line statement
九二
利貞，征凶，弗損益之。
Constancy is beneficial; setting out brings misfortune. Without diminishing oneself, one can benefit another.
Line 2 holds its firm central position rather than rushing outward. In the traditional reading, maintaining that integrity is itself a benefit to the fifth line. Changing Line 2 makes Thunder below Mountain, Hexagram 27.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · center
Line 2 is the center of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an even place: not aligned
Its yang polarity does not match the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 5: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 5; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes