Hexagram 46 of 64

☷☴ Pushing Upward

Gradual ascent through effort.

Upper trigram

☷

Earth · Kun

Receptive yielding.

FamilyMother
ElementEarth

Lower trigram

☴

Wind · Xun

Gentle penetration.

FamilyEldest daughter
ElementWood

The image

Earth above, Wind below.

Earth over Wind: receptive yielding meeting gentle penetration.

That combination is the whole meaning of hexagram 46. Nothing about it is arbitrary — change either trigram and you get a different hexagram with a different reading, which is why the 64 form a system rather than a list.

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42 Increase 43 Breakthrough 44 Coming to Meet 45 Gathering Together 47 Oppression 48 The Well 49 Revolution