64 Hexagrams

Keeping Still

Hexagram 52

Upper Trigram

Mountain

Lower Trigram

Mountain

The Judgment

Keeping his back still so that he no longer feels his body. He goes into his courtyard and does not see his people. No blame.

The Image

Mountains standing close together. Thus the superior man does not permit his thoughts to go beyond his situation.

The Lines

Line 1

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

Line 2

Keeping his calves still. He cannot rescue him whom he follows. His heart is not glad.

Line 3

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

Line 4

Keeping his trunk still. No blame.

Line 5

Keeping his jaws still. The words have order. Remorse disappears.

Line 6

Noblehearted keeping still. Good fortune.