Hexagram 47 Line 1: 初六
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。
臀túnwith rump
困kùnbeset
于yúby
株zhūcane
木mùof wood
入rùentering
于yúinto
幽yōuthe gloomy
谷gǔvalley
三sānfor three
歲suìyears
不bùnot
覿díseen 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).
Parent Hexagram
Oppression
Kun困 (47)
Lake (兌) over Water (坎)
Upper Trigram: ☱ Lake | Lower Trigram: ☵ Water