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Keeping Still (Mountain)
L'Immobilisation (La Montagne)
Gèn
Upper trigram
Mountain
Lower trigram
Mountain
The Judgment
Keeping still at the back so that one no longer feels one's body. One goes into one's courtyard and does not see one's people. No blame.
The Image
Mountains standing side by side: the image of Keeping Still. Thus the superior person does not go in thought beyond their situation.
Meaning
Stillness, meditation, appropriate cessation. The moment calls for stopping at the right place. Inner peace arises from conscious immobility.
The six lines
Line 1 (bottom)
Keeping still at the toes. No blame. Continued perseverance is advantageous.
Line 2
Keeping still at the calves. He cannot save the one he follows. His heart is not content.
Line 3
Keeping still at the hips. Stiffening the sacrum is dangerous. The heart suffocates.
Line 4
Keeping still at the torso. No blame.
Line 5
Keeping still at the jaws. Words are orderly. Remorse disappears.
Line 6 (top)
Magnanimous keeping still. Good fortune.