Peng
I Ching/Hexagram 17
Hexagram 17100110

Following

Upper: Lake · Lower: Thunder

Judgment

Following. Supreme success. Perseverance brings good fortune. No blame.

随:元亨利贞,无咎。

Hexagram Structure

6
5
4
3
2
1

Lake over Thunder

The Image

Thunder in the Lake — Following. The superior person rests and follows the natural rhythm.

泽中有雷,随;君子以向晦入宴息。

The Lines

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Line 1

Standards change — perseverance brings good fortune.

初九:官有渝,贞吉。出门交有功。

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Line 2

Holding to a child — lose the mature person.

六二:系小子,失丈夫。

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Line 3

Holding to the mature person — lose the child. No blame.

六三:系丈夫,失小子。随有求得,利居贞。

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Line 4

Following and achieving — danger. Sincerity brings clarity.

九四:随有获,贞凶。有孚在道,以明,何咎。

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Line 5

Sincere in the good — good fortune.

九五:孚于嘉,吉。

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Line 6

Secured and bound — the king offers to the mountain.

上六:拘系之,乃从维之。王用亨于西山。

Opposite Hexagram

When all lines are flipped — a mirror perspective on this energy.

18.Work on Decay

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