Line 06
Top Nine
Deep stillness. Good fortune.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
The good fortune of deep stillness comes from ending with depth.
52
艮
Gèn
Hexagram 52: Keeping Still, Mountain
彖 · Tuan
Judgment
Still the back so that one does not grasp the body. Walk through the courtyard and see no one. No blame.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Keeping Still means stopping. When it is time to stop, one stops. When it is time to go, one goes. Movement and stillness do not miss their time, so the Way is bright. Keeping still its stopping means stopping in the proper place. Above and below oppose yet correspond; they do not join with each other. Therefore one does not grasp the body. Walk through the courtyard and see no one. No blame.
象 · Xiang
Image
Joined mountains: Keeping Still. The Noble One does not let thought go beyond its place.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 05
Six in the Fifth
Still the jaws. Let words have order. Regret vanishes.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
Stilling the jaws comes through centered correctness.
Line 04
Six in the Fourth
Still the body. No blame.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
Stilling the body means stopping within one's own person.
Line 03
Nine in the Third
Still the waist. The flesh along the spine is split apart. Danger chokes the heart.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
Stilling the waist means danger chokes the heart.
Line 02
Six in the Second
Still the calves. Unable to rescue what follows. The heart is not pleased.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
Being unable to rescue what follows means one has not yet withdrawn to heed.
Line 01
Initial Six
Still the toes. No blame. Favorable to persevere over the long term.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Stilling the toes means not yet losing what is right.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng
Trigrams
Ruling trigram
Kên
