Hexagram 52 of 64

Gèn — Mountain Behind Mountain

艮为山 · Legge: Kan · Mountain above, Mountain below

Mountain behind mountain: stillness of the back, and no thought that runs past the position you actually hold.

waitingrestraintsincerity

The Judgment

Gèn. When one's resting is like that of the back, and he loses all consciousness of self; when he walks in his courtyard, and does not see any in it, there will be no error.

Legge’s 1882 translation

When one's resting is like that of the back, and he loses all consciousness of self; when he walks in his courtyard, and does not see any (of the persons) in it,-there will be no error.

The Image

LII. (Two trigrams representing) a mountain, one over the other, form Kan. The superior man, in accordance with this, does not go in his thoughts beyond the (duties of the) position in which he is.

兼山,艮;君子以思不出其位。

The Six Lines

The first six · 初六

The first line, divided, shows its subject keeping his toes at rest. There will be no error; but it will be advantageous for him to be persistently firm and correct.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The first six, divided, shows its subject keeping his toes at rest. There will be no error; but it will be advantageous for him to be persistently firm and correct.

The second six · 六二

The second line, divided, shows its subject keeping the calves of his legs at rest. He cannot help whom he follows, and is dissatisfied in his mind.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The second six, divided, shows its subject keeping the calves of his legs at rest. He cannot help (the subject of the line. above) whom he follows, and is dissatisfied in his mind.

The third nine · 九三

The third line, undivided, shows its subject keeping his loins at rest, and separating the ribs. The situation is perilous, and the heart glows with suppressed excitement.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The third nine, undivided, shows its subject keeping his loins at rest, and separating the ribs (from the body below). The situation is perilous, and the heart glows with suppressed excitement.

The fourth six · 六四

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject keeping his trunk at rest. There will be no error.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fourth six, divided, shows its subject keeping his trunk at rest. There will be no error.

The fifth six · 六五

The fifth line, divided, shows its Subject keeping his jawbones at rest, sb that his words are all orderly. Occasion for repentance will disappear.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fifth six, divided, shows its Subject keeping his jawbones at rest, sb that his words are (all) orderly. Occasion for repentance will disappear.

The topmost nine · 上九

The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject devotedly maintaining his restfulness. There will be good fortune.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The sixth nine, undivided, shows its subject devotedly maintaining his restfulness. There will be good fortune.

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