Groups the six line commentaries, Line 1 through Line 6, for the hexagram this atlas labels Decrease: reducing what is below to add to what is above, a sacrifice made with sincerity. Belongs here: only the six line readings belonging to this specific hexagram, read bottom to top. Does not belong here: the line readings of any of the other sixty-three hexagrams, each grouped under its own heading; the hexagram overview entity of the same name, a separate entity describing the hexagram as a whole rather than this line-grouping heading.
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1. Wikipedia: I Ching
WikipediaWikipedia I Ching, lead section, origin statement, Decrease
usually translated as the Book of Changes or Classic of Changes, is an ancient Chinese divination text that is among the oldest of the Chinese classics.
Wikipedia I Ching, lead section, era statement, Decrease
The I Ching was originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou period (1000-750 BC).
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