Contemporary Interpretation
A glassy sea over shoals
Our roots:
Fathomless.
Sometimes
The abyss
Touches us:
Vehement disturbance,
Deep astonishment.
And we?
Just watch.
And disengage
Until calm restores:
A glassy sea
Over shoals.
Dynamics of the Hexagram
The Hexagram
Upper Trigram: Kan, Water
2nd Core Character: Gen, Mountain
1st Core Character: Zhen, Thunder
Lower Trigram: Kan, Water
The Hexagram's Dynamic within the Matrix
The Changes in Detail
Lower Trigram: Kan, the Water
First Change: Kan → Zhen, the Thunder
Second Change: Zhen → Gen, the Mountain
Third Change: Gen → Kan, the Water
Upper Trigram: Kan, the Water
Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation
The Interplay of Yin and Yang
Changes and Impulses
Exemplary Experiences
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Classical Interpretation
The abysmal (29) points downwards.
The image
Water flows continuously and reaches its destination: the image of the repeated abysmal. Thus the superior man walks in lasting virtue and practices teaching.
The judgement
The repeated abysmal. If you are truthful you will have success in your heart, and whatever you do will succeed.Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes
References and Connotations
- Hexagram 28 → hexagram 29 → hexagram 30
- KI10 (The Inner Mysterious Valley)
- Winter
- XVIII The Moon and Seven of Cups