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Gěn

艮 其背。不獲其身。行其庭。不見其人。无咎

Keeping still.  Keeping his back still so that he no longer feels his body.  He goes into the courtyard and does not see his people.   No blame.

初六   6 at the start

艮其趾。无咎。利永貞。

Keeping his toes still.   No blame.  Continued perseverance furthers.

六二   6 in the 2nd

艮其腓。不拯其隨。其心不快。

Keeping his calves still.  He cannot rescue him whom he follows.  His heart is not glad.

九三   9 in the 3rd

艮其限。列其夤。厲熏心。

Keeping his hips still.  Making his sacrum stiff.  Dangerous.   The heart suffocates.

六四   6 in the 4th

艮其身。无咎。

Keeping his trunk still.   No blame.

六五   6 in the 5th

艮其輔。言有序。悔亡。

Keeping his jaws still.  The words have order.   Remorse disappears.

上九   9 at the top

敦艮吉。

Noblehearted keeping still.   Good fortune.