**Hexagram 41: Sun (Decrease)** Upper trigram: Gen (Mountain) · Lower trigram: Dui (Lake) · Hexagram 41 **Hexagram Text** If you have sincerity, there will be great good fortune, no blame, and it is favorable to persist. It is beneficial to have somewhere to go. How should this be used? Two bamboo baskets can be used for offerings. **Line Texts** **First line:** When a matter is finished, go quickly. No blame. But consider how much to reduce. **Second line:** Perseverance brings good fortune. To advance brings misfortune. Do not decrease, but rather increase. **Third line:** When three people travel together, one is lost. When one travels alone, a friend is found. **Fourth line:** Reduce your illness. If you act quickly, there will be joy. No blame. **Fifth line:** Someone may increase you with a tortoise shell worth ten pairs of cowries. You cannot refuse it. Great good fortune. **Top line:** Do not decrease, but rather increase. No blame. Perseverance brings good fortune. It is favorable to have somewhere to go. You will gain a servant but lose your home.