☯️ 坎 (Kǎn) - The Abysmal
The Abysmal repeated. If you are sincere, you have success in your heart, and whatever you do succeeds. - Water flows on and reaches the goal: the image of the Abysmal repeated. Thus the superior man walks in lasting virtue and carries on the business of teaching.
Verses
Verse 1
習坎，有孚，維心亨，行有尚
xí kǎn, yǒu fú, wéi xīn hēng, xíng yǒu shàng
The Abysmal repeated. If you are sincere, you have success in your heart, and whatever you do succeeds.
Verse 2
初六：習坎，入于坎窞，凶
chū liù: xí kǎn, rù yú kǎn dàn, xiōng
Six at the beginning: Repetition of the Abysmal. In the abyss one falls into a pit. Misfortune.
Verse 3
九二：坎有險，求小得
jiǔ èr: kǎn yǒu xiǎn, qiú xiǎo dé
Nine in the second place: The abyss is dangerous. One should strive to attain small things only.
Verse 4
六三：來之坎坎，險且枕，入于坎窞
liù sān: lái zhī kǎn kǎn, xiǎn qiě zhěn, rù yú kǎn dàn
Six in the third place: Forward and backward, abyss on abyss. In danger like this, pause at first and wait. Otherwise you will fall into a pit in the abyss. Do not act this way.
Verse 5
六四：樽酒簋貳，用缶，納約自牖
liù sì: zūn jiǔ guǐ èr, yòng fǒu, nà yuē zì yǒu
Six in the fourth place: A jug of wine, a bowl of rice with it; earthen vessels simply handed in through the window. There is certainly no blame in this.
Verse 6
九五：坎不盈，祗既平，無咎
jiǔ wǔ: kǎn bù yíng, zhī jì píng, wú jiù
Nine in the fifth place: The abyss is not filled to overflowing, it is filled only to the rim. No blame.
Verse 7
上六：係用徽纆，寘于叢棘，三歲不得，凶
shàng liù: xì yòng huī mò, zhì yú cóng jí, sān suì bù dé, xiōng
Six at the top: Bound with cords and ropes, shut in between thorn-hedged prison walls: for three years one does not find the way. Misfortune.