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Hexagram 32 · King Wen sequence

Flexible Endurance

恆 · héng

Modern reflection

Endurance is flexible continuity, not rigid repetition.

Lower trigram: 巽 Wind
Upper trigram: 震 Thunder

Historical source

Hăng indicates successful progress and no error (in what it denotes). But the advantage will come from being firm and correct; and movement in any direction whatever will be advantageous.

(The trigram representing) thunder and that for wind form Hăng. The superior man, in accordance with this, stands firm, and does not change his method (of operation).

James Legge, 1882, public domain. Historical wording is shown for source transparency, not as a guaranteed prediction.

Changing-line passages

  1. Line 1The first SIX, divided, shows its subject deeply (desirous) of long continuance. Even with firm correctness there will be evil; there will be no advantage in any way.
  2. Line 2The second NINE, undivided, shows all occasion for repentance disappearing.
  3. Line 3The third NINE, undivided, shows one who does not continuously maintain his virtue. There are those who will impute this to him as a disgrace. However firm he may be, there will be ground for regret.
  4. Line 4The fourth NINE, undivided, shows a field where there is no game.
  5. Line 5The fifth SIX, divided, shows its subject continuously maintaining the virtue indicated by it. In a wife this will be fortunate; in a husband, evil.
  6. Line 6The topmost SIX, divided, shows its subject exciting himself to long continuance. There will be evil.

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