23. Po

剝 · Bō

23
䷖
剝
Bō

Po

Correspondences
Upper trigram
艮 Kên
Still
Lower trigram
坤 K'un
Yielding
Palace
Qian Palace
Palace 1
Element
金 Metal
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彖 · Tuan

Judgment

It is not favorable to have somewhere to go.
彖傳 · Tuan Zhuan

Judgment Commentary

Stripping Away is stripping away: the yielding changes the firm. It is not favorable to have somewhere to go because the small person is on the rise. Yielding below and still above: one sees the image in this. The Noble One attends to waxing and waning, fullness and emptiness: this is the movement of Heaven.
象 · Xiang

Image

The mountain rests on the earth: Stripping Away. Those above, by generously supporting those below, secure their dwellings.
六爻 · Six Lines

Lines

Line 06
Top Nine
A great fruit remains uneaten. The Noble One gains a carriage. The small person strips away a hut.
Commentary
The Noble One gains a carriage because the people carry him. The small person strips a hut: in the end it cannot be used.
Line 05
Six in the Fifth
A string of fish. Favor through the palace women. Nothing is unfavorable.
Commentary
Through favor to the palace women, in the end there is no fault.
Line 04
Six in the Fourth
Stripping the bed to the skin. Misfortune.
Commentary
Stripping the bed to the skin brings disaster very near.
Line 03
Six in the Third
Strip it away. No blame.
Commentary
Strip it away. No blame. It breaks with those above and below.
Line 02
Six in the Second
Stripping the bed at its frame. Perseverance is destroyed. Misfortune.
Commentary
Stripping the bed at its frame means there are still no allies.
Line 01
Initial Six
Stripping the bed at its legs. Perseverance is destroyed. Misfortune.
Commentary
Stripping the bed at its legs means destroying what is below.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng

Trigrams

Upper Trigram

Kên

Still

Element
Earth
Direction
Northeast
Family
Youngest Son
Season
Early Winter
Lower Trigram

K'un

Yielding

Element
Earth
Direction
Southwest
Family
Mother
Season
Late Summer
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