Keeping Still
Trigrams
Upper: Mountain
Lower: Mountain
Palace
Gen Palace
Judgment
When his repose is like the back, and he loses all consciousness of self; when he walks in his courtyard and does not see the people, there will be no error.
Image
The image of one mountain atop another forms Keeping Still. The superior man, in accordance with this, does not allow his thoughts to go beyond the duties of his immediate circumstances.
Lines
Position 1: Still Toes yang
The first line, magnetic, shows its subject keeping her toes at rest. There will be no error, but it will be advantageous for her to be persistently firm and correct.
Position 2: Still Calves yin
The second line, magnetic, shows its subject keeping the calves of her legs at rest. She cannot help the subject of the line above whom she follows, and is dissatisfied in her mind.
Position 3: Still Loins yin
The third line, dynamic, shows its subject keeping his loins at rest, and separating the ribs from the body below. The situation is perilous, and the heart glows with suppressed excitement.
Position 4: Still Trunk yang
The fourth line, magnetic, shows its subject keeping her trunk at rest. There will be no error.
Position 5: Still Jaws yin
The fifth line, magnetic, shows its subject keeping her jawbones at rest, so that her words are all orderly. Occasion for repentance will disappear.
Position 6: Devoted Stillness yin
The sixth line, dynamic, shows its subject devotedly maintaining his restfulness. There will be good fortune.