Hexagram 17 Line 6: 上六
Position: Line 6 (Upper Trigram)上六 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
上六 拘係之。乃從維之。王用亨于西山。
拘jūseize
係xìand bind
之zhīthem
乃nǎiand then
從cóngfollow
維wéiholding fast
之zhīthem
王wángthe Sovereign
用yòngwill make
亨hēngfulfillment
于yúto
西xīthe Western (the site of the Zhou
山shānMountain ancestral shrine)
Line Commentary
Bound and tied, then truly committed. The king makes offerings at Western Mountain. The deepest following requires being held fast first—then the connection becomes sacred.
When This Line Changes
If Line 6 changes, Hexagram 17 Sui (Following) transforms into Hexagram 25 Wu Wang (Innocence).
Parent Hexagram
Following
Sui隨 (17)
Lake (兌) over Thunder (震)
Upper Trigram: ☱ Lake | Lower Trigram: ☳ Thunder