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.
Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams
Upper Trigram: Kan, Water
2nd Core Character: Gen, Mountain
1st Core Character: Zhen, Thunder
Lower Trigram: Kan, Water
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams in the Context of Yin and Yang
Changes and Impulses
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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
- Hexagram 28 → hexagram 29 → hexagram 30
- KI10 (The Inner Mysterious Valley)
- Winter
- XVIII The Moon and Seven of Cups