I Ching · Hexagram 15
Qiān: Modesty
A mountain sits hidden beneath the earth: great substance that does not show off. Qian is the modesty that evens things out, taking from excess and giving to what lacks.
- Keywords
- Humility, balance, quiet strength, fairness
- Upper trigram
- Earth (Kun)
- Lower trigram
- Mountain (Gen)
- Advice
- Let your work speak and treat others as equals; modesty carries you through.
Changing lines
When you cast this hexagram, any changing line is turning into its opposite: yang into yin, or yin into yang. Changing them gives a second hexagram that suggests where things are heading. Hexagram meanings are a starting point for reflection, not predictions.