初六 初六：臀困于株木，入于幽谷，三岁不觌。One sits oppressed under a bare tree and strays into a gloomy valley; for three years one sees nothing.
二九 九二：困于酒食，朱绂方来，利用享祀。征凶，无咎。One is oppressed while at meat and drink; the man with the scarlet knee bands is just coming; it furthers one to offer sacrifice; to set forth brings misfortune, no blame.
三六 六三：困于石，据于蒺藜，入于其宫，不见其妻，凶。A man permits himself to be oppressed by stone, and leans on thorns and thistles; he enters the house and does not see his wife; misfortune.
四九 九四：来徐徐，困于金车，吝，有终。He comes very quietly, oppressed in a golden carriage; humiliation, but the end is reached.
五九 九五：劓刖，困于赤绂，乃徐有说，利用祭祀。His nose and feet are cut off; oppression at the hands of the man with the purple knee bands; joy comes softly; it furthers one to make offerings.
上六 上六：困于葛藟，于臲卼，曰动悔。有悔，征吉。He is oppressed, as if bound with creepers; then in a tower he stands, and the time for change comes; no blame.