谦 qiān

Modesty

Upper ☰

坤 Kun (Earth)

earth · Receptive

Lower ☷

艮 Gen (Mountain)

earth · Keeping Still

📜The Judgment

Modesty creates success. The superior person carries things through to completion.

🏔The Image

Within the earth, a mountain. The superior person reduces what is too much and augments what is too little.

⚊The Lines

Yin

First (Bottom)

A superior person modest about modesty may cross the great water. Good fortune.

Yin

Second

Modesty that comes to expression. Perseverance brings good fortune.

Yang

Third

A superior person of modesty and merit carries things to conclusion. Good fortune.

Yin

Fourth

Nothing that would not further modesty in movement.

Yin

Fifth

No boasting of wealth before neighbors. It is favorable to attack with force. Nothing that would not further.

Yin

Sixth (Top)

Modesty that comes to expression. It furthers to set armies marching to chastise one's own city and country.