Hexagram 52 Line 6: 上九

Gen —艮 —Keeping Still

Position: Line 6 (Upper Trigram)上九 —Yang ⚊ (Solid)Register: auspiciousFamous Line

Classical Chinese Text

上九 敦艮吉。

敦艮吉

敦dūnauthentic
艮gènstillness
吉jípromising

Line Commentary

Noblehearted keeping still. Good fortune. Consummation of the effort to attain tranquility. At rest not merely in small, circumscribed ways regarding matters of detail, but with a general resignation regarding life as a whole. This confers peace and good fortune in relation to every individual matter.

Commentary

Noblehearted keeping still. Good fortune. This marks the consummation of the effort to attain tranquility. You are at rest not merely in small, circumscribed ways regarding matters of detail, but with a general resignation regarding life as a whole. This confers peace and good fortune in relation to every individual matter.

When This Line Changes

If Line 6 changes, Hexagram 52 Gen (Keeping Still) transforms into Hexagram 15 Qian (Modesty).

(52)
→
(15)

Parent Hexagram

Keeping Still
Gen艮 (52)

Mountain (艮) over Mountain (艮)

Upper Trigram: ☶ Mountain | Lower Trigram: ☶ Mountain

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