Hexagram 47 Line 1: 初六
Position: Line 1 (Lower Trigram)初六 —Yin ⚋ (Broken)Register: blameless
Classical Chinese Text
初六 臀困于株木。入于幽谷。三歲不覿。
臀túnwith rump
困kùnbeset
于yúby
株zhūcane
木mùof wood
入rùentering
于yúinto
幽yōuthe gloomy
谷gǔvalley
三sānfor three
歲suìyears
不bùnot
覿díseen face to face
爻辭註解
Sitting oppressed under a bare tree, straying into a gloomy valley. For three years, sees nothing. When adversity befalls you, be strong and overcome the trouble inwardly. If weak, the trouble overwhelms you. Sitting under a bare tree, falling into gloom and melancholy, makes everything more hopeless. This attitude comes from inner delusion that must be overcome.
When This Line Changes
If Line 1 changes, Hexagram 47 Kun (Oppression) transforms into Hexagram 58 Dui (The Joyous).
Parent Hexagram
Oppression
Kun困 (47)
Lake (兌) over Water (坎)
Upper Trigram: ☱ Lake | Lower Trigram: ☵ Water