Hexagram 52 Line 1: 初六
Position: Line 1 (Lower Trigram)初六 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
初六 艮其趾。无咎。利永貞。
艮gènstillness
其qíin one's own
趾zhǐtoes
無wúno
咎jiùblame
利lìworth
永yǒnglasting
貞zhēnpersistence
Line Commentary
Keeping his toes still. No blame. Continued persistence furthers. Halting before you have even begun to move. The beginning is the time of few mistakes—still in harmony with primal innocence. Not yet influenced by obscuring interests and desires, you see things intuitively as they really are. Halt at the beginning, and you find the right way. But persisting firmness is needed to keep from drifting irresolutely.
When This Line Changes
If Line 1 changes, Hexagram 52 Gen (Keeping Still) transforms into Hexagram 22 Bi (Grace).
Parent Hexagram
Keeping Still
Gen艮 (52)
Mountain (艮) over Mountain (艮)
Upper Trigram: ☶ Mountain | Lower Trigram: ☶ Mountain