Line 06
Top Six
Sincere approach. Good fortune. No blame.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
The good fortune of sincere approach: the will is turned inward.
19
臨
Lín
Hexagram 19: Approach
彖 · Tuan
Judgment
Prime success. Favorable to persevere. When the eighth month arrives, there is misfortune.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Approach means the firm gradually advances and grows, joyful and yielding, centered in firmness and answered. Great success through correctness: this is the Way of Heaven. When the eighth month arrives, there is misfortune: decline does not last long.
象 · Xiang
Image
Earth above the marsh: Approach. The Noble One teaches and reflects without end, and shelters and protects the people without bound.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 05
Six in the Fifth
Wise approach. It suits a great ruler. Good fortune.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
What suits a great ruler is what it means to act from the center.
Line 04
Six in the Fourth
Full approach. No blame.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
Full approach. No blame. The position is fitting.
Line 03
Six in the Third
Complacent approach. Nothing is favorable. If one is already troubled by it: No blame.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
Complacent approach comes from being out of place. If one is already troubled by it, the blame will not last long.
Line 02
Nine in the Second
Approach in accord. Good fortune. Nothing is unfavorable.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
Approach in accord. Good fortune. Nothing is unfavorable. It is not yet compliant with the mandate.
Line 01
Initial Nine
Approach in accord. Perseverance. Good fortune.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Approach in accord. Perseverance. Good fortune. The will moves on the right path.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng
Trigrams
Ruling trigram
K'un
