Line 06
Top Six
The horses wheel back. Tears of blood stream down.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Tears of blood stream down: how could this last long?
3
屯
Zhūn
Hexagram 3: Difficulty at the Beginning
彖 · Tuan
Judgment
Prime success. Favorable to persevere. Do not set out. Favorable to establish lords.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Zhun: firm and yielding first join, and difficulty is born. Moving within danger, there is great success and perseverance. The movement of thunder and rain fills everything to overflowing. Heaven creates amid grass and obscurity. It is fitting to establish lords and not remain at rest.
象 · Xiang
Image
Cloud and thunder: Zhun. The Noble One brings order and arrangement.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 05
Nine in the Fifth
Its bounty is impeded. Small perseverance brings good fortune. Great perseverance brings misfortune.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
Its bounty is impeded: the giving is not yet bright.
Line 04
Six in the Fourth
The horses wheel back. Seek the marriage bond. Go, and it is good fortune. Nothing is unfavorable.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
To seek and go is clarity.
Line 03
Six in the Third
Chasing deer without a forester only leads into the forest. The Noble One sees the signs and does better to stop. Going on brings regret.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
Chasing deer without a forester means following game. The Noble One gives it up. Going on brings regret and exhaustion.
Line 02
Six in the Second
Difficulty and obstruction. The horses wheel back. Not bandits, but a marriage proposal. The woman holds to her firmness and does not marry. After ten years, then she marries.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
The difficulty of Six in the Second is that it rides on the firm. After ten years, then she marries: this returns to the usual course.
Line 01
Initial Nine
Pacing and turning. Favorable to remain firm. Favorable to establish lords.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Though pacing and turning, the will moves rightly. By the noble going below the lowly, it greatly wins the people.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng
Trigrams
Ruling trigram
K'an
