Hexagram 32 of 64

Héng — Steady as the Seasons

雷风恒 · Legge: Hang · Thunder above, Wind below

Steady as the seasons: lasting is not stiffness, and the point is to keep your method while the world changes.

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The Judgment

Héng. Successful progress and no error. But the advantage will come from being firm and correct; and movement in any direction whatever will be advantageous.

Legge’s 1882 translation

Hang indicates successful progress and no error (in what it denotes). But the advantage will come from being firm and correct; and movement in any direction whatever will be advantageous.

The Image

XXXII. (The trigram representing) thunder and that for wind form Hang. The superior man, in accordance with this, stands firm, and does not change his method (of operation).

雷风,恒;君子以立不易方。

The Six Lines

The first six · 初六

The first line, divided, shows its subject deeply of long continuance. Even with firm correctness there will be evil; there will be no advantage in any way.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The first six, divided, shows its subject deeply (desirous) of long continuance. Even with firm correctness there will be evil; there will be no advantage in any way.

The second nine · 九二

The second line, undivided, shows all occasion for repentance disappearing.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The second nine, undivided, shows all occasion for repentance disappearing.

The third nine · 九三

The third line, undivided, shows one who does not continuously maintain his virtue. There are those who will impute this to him as a disgrace. However firm he may be, there will be ground for regret.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The third nine, undivided, shows one who does not continuously maintain his virtue. There are those who will impute this to him as a disgrace. However firm he may be, there will be ground for regret.

The fourth nine · 九四

The fourth line, undivided, shows a field where there is no game.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fourth nine, undivided, shows a field where there is no game.

The fifth six · 六五

The fifth line, divided, shows its subject continuously maintaining the virtue indicated by it. In a wife this will be fortunate; in a husband, evil.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fifth six, divided, shows its subject continuously maintaining the virtue indicated by it. In a wife this will be fortunate; in a husband, evil.

The topmost six · 上六

The topmost line, divided, shows its subject exciting himself to long continuance. There will be evil.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The topmost six, divided, shows its subject exciting himself to long continuance. There will be evil.

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