Hexagram 12 Line 1: 初六
Position: Line 1 (Lower Trigram)初六 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: auspicious
Classical Chinese Text
初六 拔茅茹。以其彙。貞吉。亨。
拔bápulling
茅máothatch
茹rúby the roots
以yǐthereby
其qíuprooting its
彙huìwhole cluster
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
亨hēngfulfilling
Line Commentary
Pull up the grass—it comes with roots intertwined. Perseverance brings good fortune and success. In stagnation, hold to your kind. Retreat together with the like-minded.
When This Line Changes
If Line 1 changes, Hexagram 12 Pi (Standstill) transforms into Hexagram 25 Wu Wang (Innocence).
Parent Hexagram
Standstill
Pi否 (12)
Heaven (乾) over Earth (坤)
Upper Trigram: ☰ Heaven | Lower Trigram: ☷ Earth