Hexagram 47 Line 1: 初六

Kun Oppression

Position: Line 1 (Lower Trigram)初六 Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless

Classical Chinese Text

初六 臀困于株木。入于幽谷。三歲不覿。

túnwith rump
kùnbeset
by
zhūcane
of wood
entering
into
yōuthe gloomy
valley
sānfor three
suìyears
not
覿seen face to face

Line Commentary

Sitting oppressed under a bare tree, straying into a gloomy valley. For three years, sees nothing. When adversity befalls you, be strong and overcome the trouble inwardly. If weak, the trouble overwhelms you. Sitting under a bare tree, falling into gloom and melancholy, makes everything more hopeless. This attitude comes from inner delusion that must be overcome.

When This Line Changes

If Line 1 changes, Hexagram 47 Kun (Oppression) transforms into Hexagram 58 Dui (The Joyous).

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Parent Hexagram

Oppression
Kun (47)

Lake () over Water ()

Upper Trigram: Lake | Lower Trigram: Water