Hexagram 18 Line 1: 初六
Gu —蠱 —Work on What Has Been Spoiled
Position: Line 1 (Lower Trigram)初六 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: danger
Classical Chinese Text
初六 幹父之蠱。有子。考无咎。厲終吉。
幹gàncorrect
父fùfather
之zhī's
蠱gǔfixations
有yǒuif
子zǐa young one
考kǎoto examine
無wúno
咎jiùblame
厲lìdifficulty
終zhōngbut at
吉jípromising
Line Commentary
Setting right the father's decay. If there is a son, no blame falls on the departed father. Danger, but good fortune in the end. The child corrects what the parent let slide.
When This Line Changes
If Line 1 changes, Hexagram 18 Gu (Work on What Has Been Spoiled) transforms into Hexagram 26 Da Chu (The Taming Power of the Great).
Parent Hexagram
Work on What Has Been Spoiled
Gu蠱 (18)
Mountain (艮) over Wind (巽)
Upper Trigram: ☶ Mountain | Lower Trigram: ☴ Wind