謙

Modesty

HEXAGRAM 15 · QIĀN

ABOVE☷坤Earth

BELOW☶艮the Mountain

THE JUDGEMENT

Modesty creates success. The noble one carries things through.

THE IMAGE

Within the earth is a mountain: the image of Modesty. Thus the noble one reduces what is too much and augments what is too little: he weighs things and makes them equal.

THE LINES

Six at the beginningA noble one, modest even in modesty, may cross the great river. Good fortune.

Six in the second placeModesty that makes itself known. Perseverance brings good fortune.

Nine in the third placeA noble one, hardworking and modest, brings things to completion: good fortune.

Six in the fourth placeNothing that is not favorable to modesty in motion.

Six in the fifth placeDo not boast of wealth before your neighbor. It is favorable to attack with vigor: nothing that is not favorable.

Six at the topModesty that makes itself heard. It is favorable to set armies marching to punish one’s own city and land.

KEYWORDS

humilitymodestysimplicitybalancevirtue