Hexagram 5 Line 6: 上六

Xu Waiting

Position: Line 6 (Upper Trigram)上六 Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: auspicious

Classical Chinese Text

上六 入于穴。有不速之客三人來。敬之終吉。

Wilhelm Translation

One falls into the pit. Three uninvited guests arrive. Honor them, and in the end there will be good fortune.

When This Line Changes

If Line 6 changes, Hexagram 5 Xu (Waiting) transforms into Hexagram 9 Xiao Chu (Small Accumulating).

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Parent Hexagram

Waiting
Xu (5)

Water () over Heaven ()

Upper Trigram: Water | Lower Trigram: Heaven