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27 · first knot

Nourishment

Hexagram Nourishment shows where the situation asks not for fear-based guessing, but for the exact rhythm of change.

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Zhouyi Core · 周易

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卦辭 · hexagram statement

颐:贞吉。观颐,自求口实。

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Nourishment: constancy is auspicious. Observe nourishment; seek from yourself what fills the mouth.

口实 is kept as what fills the mouth/food; broader ethical application belongs to interpretation.

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Evidence / provenance
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Line 1 · 爻辭

初九:舍尔灵龟,观我朵颐,凶。

Initial Nine: you abandon your numinous tortoise and look at me with hanging jaws. Misfortune.

灵龟 is a divinatory tortoise image; 朵颐 literally evokes moving/hanging jaws.

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Line 2 · 爻辭

六二:颠颐,拂经,于丘颐,征凶。

Six in the Second: inverted nourishment, going against the constant. Seeking nourishment on the hill: to set out is ominous.

颠颐 / 拂经 are compact and interpretively loaded; draft remains close.

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Line 3 · 爻辭

六三:拂颐,贞凶,十年勿用,无攸利。

Six in the Third: going against nourishment. Constancy: misfortune. For ten years do not use it. Nothing is beneficial.

拂頤 is a terse relation to nourishment and 十年勿用 is a conventional long-duration formula. The line is historical oracle wording, not a literal ten-year behavioral instruction for the user.

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Line 4 · 爻辭

六四:颠颐吉,虎视眈眈,其欲逐逐,无咎。

Six in the Fourth: inverted nourishment, auspicious. A tiger’s gaze, intent and intent; its desire, pursuing and pursuing. No blame.

眈眈 / 逐逐 are reduplicative images; the repetition is deliberately preserved.

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Line 5 · 爻辭

六五:拂经,居贞吉,不可涉大川。

Six in the Fifth: going against the constant. Dwelling in constancy is auspicious. One cannot cross the great river.

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Line 6 · 爻辭

上九:由颐,厉吉,利涉大川。

Top Nine: from him comes nourishment. Danger, yet auspicious. It is beneficial to cross the great river.

由颐 can be read as the source of nourishment; pronoun role remains reviewable.

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Ten Wings · 十翼 · later commentary

Mapped commentary context

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彖傳上 · Tuan Commentary I象傳上 · Image Commentary I

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Ten Wings provenance / segmentation

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OmenHall modern interpretation must be labeled as modern application, never as translation or ancient commentary.

OmenHall modern interpretation · the section below is modern application. It is not a translation of the Zhouyi and it is not the Ten Wings.

Situation

The theme sits in the field of nourishment: it is important to see what has ripened and what still needs form.

Advice

Take one clear step, name the boundary, and do not turn the sign into a guarantee of outcome.

Caution

I Ching does not replace legal, medical, financial, or psychological help.

How to read lines

  • First read Nourishment as the state of the question, not as a promise of an event.
  • If there are changing lines, they show not a second prediction, but the place where the situation has begun to move.
  • The resulting hexagram is read as the direction of transformation, not as a guaranteed outcome.

A changing line does not cancel the main hexagram. It shows the seam through which the old form is already turning into a new one.

For day and decision

Daily I Ching

On a Nourishment day, look for one small step that fits the rhythm of the moment. Do not turn the whole day into a hexagram test.

I Ching for decisions

For a decision, Nourishment asks not “what will definitely happen,” but “which action is ripe now, and which is premature.”

Reflection questions

  • Where is the movement here, and where is resistance?
  • Which small step fits the timing?
  • What must be accepted as fact?

Small practice

  • Write the question in one line without naming another person if it can be phrased through your own choice.
  • Mark what is already fact, what is fear, and what is still only assumption.
  • After the reading, choose one step for the next 24 hours, not a plan for your entire fate.

Journal

  • Where does the theme of “Nourishment” appear in my situation?
  • What fact must I accept before asking for a sign?
  • Which step is small enough not to break the balance?

Reading boundary

I Ching in OmenHall does not diagnose, replace professionals, or guarantee the future. It is a language of timing, choice, and proportion.

The best ending for an I Ching reading is to name one fact, one risk, one step, and one time when you will return to the question without compulsive repetition.