坤

Earth — Yielding

坤，順也

Properties

Core Quality

順Yielding

坤，順也

Animal

牛Ox

坤為牛

Body Part

腹Belly

坤為腹

Family Role

母Mother

坤，地也，故稱乎母

Direction

西南Southwest

坤也者，地也…西南之卦也

Extended Symbols

坤為地、為母、為布、為釜、為吝嗇、為均、為子母牛、為大輿、為文、為眾、為柄

地earth

母mother

布cloth

釜cauldron

吝嗇frugality

均level ground

子母牛cow with calf

大輿large cart

文pattern

眾multitude

柄handle

Associated Hexagrams (15)

#2 · upper & lower

Kūn

The Receptive

Shī

The Army

Bǐ

Holding Together

Tài

Peace

Pǐ

Standstill

Qiān

Modesty

Yù

Enthusiasm

Lín

Approach

Guān

Contemplation

Bō

Splitting Apart

Fù

Return

Jìn

Progress

Míng Yí

Darkening of the Light

Cuì

Gathering Together

Shēng

Pushing Upward

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