Hexagram 48 Line 1: 初六
Position: Line 1 (Lower Trigram)初六 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
初六 井泥不食。舊井无禽。
井jǐngthe well('s)
泥nímud
不bùis not
食shíconsumed
舊jiùthe old
井jǐngwell
無wúwith
禽qínto hunt for
Line Commentary
One does not drink the mud of the well. No animals come to an old well. If you wander in swampy lowlands, your life is submerged in mud. Such a person loses all significance for mankind. He who throws himself away is no longer sought out by others. In the end, no one troubles about him.
When This Line Changes
If Line 1 changes, Hexagram 48 Jing (The Well) transforms into Hexagram 5 Xu (Waiting).
Parent Hexagram
The Well
Jing井 (48)
Water (坎) over Wind (巽)
Upper Trigram: ☵ Water | Lower Trigram: ☴ Wind