Line 06
Top Nine
Not serving kings and lords, one honors one's own task more highly.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Not serving kings and lords: the will can stand as a model.
18
蠱
Gǔ
Hexagram 18: Work on What Has Been Spoiled
彖 · Tuan
Judgment
Prime success. Favorable to cross the great river. Three days before Jia, three days after Jia.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Gu: the firm is above and the yielding below; yielding and stopping, this is Gu. Gu has prime success, and all under Heaven is set in order. Favorable to cross the great river means that in going there is work to be done. Three days before Jia, three days after Jia: when something ends, something begins. This is Heaven's movement.
象 · Xiang
Image
Below the mountain there is wind: Gu. The Noble One stirs the people and nurtures virtue.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 05
Six in the Fifth
Correcting the father's decay wins praise.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
Correcting the father and winning praise means receiving it through virtue.
Line 04
Six in the Fourth
Indulging the father's decay. Going on leads to regret.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
Indulging the father's decay means that, in going on, one does not attain what is needed.
Line 03
Nine in the Third
Correcting the father's decay. A little regret. No great blame.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
Correcting the father's decay: in the end, No blame.
Line 02
Nine in the Second
Correcting the mother's decay. One must not persevere too hard.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
Correcting the mother's decay means gaining the balanced way.
Line 01
Initial Six
Correcting the father's decay. If there is a son, the departed father bears no blame. Danger. In the end, Good fortune.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Correcting the father's decay means the intention is to continue what came from the departed father.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng
Trigrams
Ruling trigram
Sun
