Six Doors · No. 47
第47卦 困 Kùn · Oppression
Essence: Squeezed dry; keep your purpose when words carry no weight.
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Judgment
The lake has drained away; you are hemmed in, and for now nothing you say will be believed. Argument is wasted—hold your purpose in silence instead. A person of real substance stays true under pressure, and this compressed season will pass.
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Trigrams
Upper
兑 Lake
Lower
坎 Water
III
The lines
- Line 1Slumped against a bare stump, drifting into the dark valley—the deeper you sink into gloom, the longer you stay unseen.
- Line 2Oppressed amid plenty—fed but purposeless; recognition is on its way, so tend the inner life now and force nothing outward.
- Line 3Leaning on stone, grasping thorns, coming home to an empty house—this is the oppression of resting on what was never there.
- Line 4You come to help but come slowly, hampered by your own gilded position—humbling, yet you arrive in the end.
- Line 5Cut off above and below, your good intentions blocked—only quiet, sacrificial sincerity slowly turns this toward release.
- Line 6Tangled in vines that no longer really hold you—admit the old missteps, move, and the going itself is the good fortune.
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All the doors
Every single-step transition available from where you stand.
- Line 158 兑 · Joy
Real joy rises from within and grows by being shared.
- Line 245 萃 · Gathering
People gather around a true center; prepare for what crowds bring.
- Line 328 大过 · Great Excess
The beam bends under load; act boldly, stand alone.
- Line 429 坎 · The Abyss
Abyss upon abyss; sincerity flows where force sinks.
- Line 540 解 · Deliverance
The knot loosens; forgive quickly and move on.
- Line 66 讼 · Conflict
In conflict, settle midway; fighting to the end ruins both.
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