Hexagram 59 · line 4

Dispersion

渙Huàn

Dispersing the group. Greatly favorable. Dispersal forms a mound, beyond ordinary expectation.

Line statement

六四

渙其群,元吉。渙有丘,匪夷所思。

Dispersing the group. Greatly favorable. Dispersal forms a mound, beyond ordinary expectation.

Line 4 disperses a faction while describing a greater gathering as a mound beyond ordinary expectation. Changing it makes Heaven above Water, Hexagram 6. The contrast with contention brings group attachment and competing claims into view.

Computed position

How this place works

Trigram position
outer · base

Line 4 is the base of the outer trigram.

Polarity and place
yin in an even place: aligned

Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.

Correspondence
Line 1: same polarity

Its counterpart is Line 1; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.

One line changes

Moving to 6 · Conflict