The 64 hexagrams · Hexagram 32

What does I Ching hexagram 32, Lasting, mean?

The judgment

恆：亨，无咎。利貞，利有攸往。Lasting: success, no blame. It pays to hold firm and to set out.Zhou Yi 周易, 恆, judgment. Source

The image

雷風，恆；君子以立不易方。Thunder and wind. The noble person stands firm and does not change direction.Zhou Yi 周易, 恆, image. Source

The six lines

Read from the bottom up. In a cast, only the lines that move are read, and they turn the hexagram into another one. Here they are in the original; a reading translates the moving lines and reads them for the question asked.

1. First line初六：浚恆，貞凶，无攸利。
2. Second line九二：悔亡。
3. Third line九三：不恆其德，或承之羞，貞吝。
4. Fourth line九四：田无禽。
5. Fifth line六五：恆其德，貞，婦人吉，夫子凶。
6. Top line上六：震恆，凶。

The Chinese is the received text of the Zhou Yi; the English is ours. Lines and images that speak of punishments, prisons, illness or money are left out. For entertainment and self-reflection.

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