Hexagram 52 Line 3: 九三
Classical Chinese Text
九三 艮其限。列其夤。厲熏心。
艮其限。列其夤
Line Commentary
Keeping his hips still. Making his sacrum stiff. Dangerous. The heart suffocates. Enforced quiet. The restless heart is subdued by forcible means. But fire smothered changes into acrid smoke that suffocates. In meditation and concentration, don't try to force results. Calmness must develop naturally out of inner composure. Artificial rigidity leads to unwholesome results.
Commentary
Keeping the hips still, making the sacrum stiff. Dangerous—the heart suffocates. This is enforced quiet: the restless heart subdued by forcible means. But fire smothered changes into acrid smoke. In meditation and concentration, don't try to force results. Calmness must develop naturally out of inner composure; artificial rigidity leads to unwholesome results.
When This Line Changes
If Line 3 changes, Hexagram 52 Gen (Keeping Still) transforms into Hexagram 23 Bo (Splitting Apart).
Parent Hexagram
Mountain (艮) over Mountain (艮)
Upper Trigram: ☶ Mountain | Lower Trigram: ☶ Mountain