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坎为水 The Abysmal Water
重险习坎,维心亨通The abysmal water — danger repeated
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卦辞 · Judgment
习坎,有孚,维心亨,行有尚。The Abysmal repeated — if you are sincere you have success in your heart.
六爻爻辞 · Moving Lines
- 初六 初六:习坎,入于坎窞,凶。Repetition of the abyss; one falls into a pit; misfortune.
- 二九 九二:坎有险,求小得。The abyss is dangerous; one should strive to attain small things only.
- 三六 六三:来之坎坎,险且枕,入于坎窞,勿用。Before and behind one are precipices; water is a precipice; do not enter a pit; use only the small.
- 四六 六四:樽酒簋贰,用缶,纳约自牖,终无咎。A jug of wine, a bowl of rice with earthen vessels; offer them through the window; in the end no blame.
- 五九 九五:坎不盈,祗既平,无咎。Simple, sincere; nothing furthers but with discipline.
- 上六 上六:系用徽纆,寘于丛棘,三岁不得,凶。Bound with cords and ropes, shut in between thorn-hedged prison walls; for three years one does not find the way; misfortune.