Kên — Keeping Still, Mountain
Kên — Keeping Still, Mountain
(200)
The Judgement
KEEPING STILL. Keepin his back still
So that he no longer feels his body.
He goes into the courtyard
And does not see his people.
No blame.
The Image
Mountains standing close together:
The image of KEEPING STILL.
Thus the superior man
Does not permit his thoughts
To go beyond his situation.
The Lines
Six at the beginning means:
Keeping his toes still.
No blame.
Continued perseverance furthers.
Six in the second place means:
Keeping his calves still.
He cannot rescue him whom he follows.
His heart is not glad.
Six in the third place means:
Keeping his hips still.
Making his sacrum stiff.
Dangerous. The heart suffocates.
Six in the fourth place means:
Keeping his trunk still.
No blame.
Six in the fifth place means:
Keeping his jaws still.
The words have order.
Remorse disappears.
Six at the top means:
Noblehearted keeping still.
Good fortune.
(Note: the numbers in parentheses below the title of each hexagram refer to the page in the Wilhelm/Baynes 1968 Third Edition of I Ching or book of changes where additional commentary on the individual hexagram can be found.)
