艮 gèn

Keeping Still

Upper ☰

艮 Gen (Mountain)

earth · Keeping Still

Lower ☷

艮 Gen (Mountain)

earth · Keeping Still

📜The Judgment

Keeping Still. Keeping the back still so that one no longer feels the body. Going into the courtyard without seeing the people. No blame.

🏔The Image

Mountains standing close together. The superior person does not permit their thoughts to go beyond their situation.

⚊The Lines

Yin

First (Bottom)

Keeping the toes still. No blame. Continued perseverance furthers.

Yin

Second

Keeping the calves still. One cannot rescue the one who follows. The heart is not glad.

Yang

Third

Keeping the hips still. Making the sacrum stiff. Dangerous. The heart suffocates.

Yin

Fourth

Keeping the trunk still. No blame.

Yin

Fifth

Keeping the jaws still. Words have order. Remorse disappears.

Yang

Sixth (Top)

Noble-hearted keeping still. Good fortune.