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井 48 · Jǐng · The Well
Water over Wind / Wood — upper Kǎn 坎 (deep, dangerous, flowing); lower Xùn 巽 (gentle, penetrating, gradual)
Hexagram 48, The Well (Jǐng, 井), is Water over Wind / Wood. Water over wood. The inexhaustible source; the structure remains while towns change.
The situation
Water over wood. The inexhaustible source; the structure remains while towns change.
The counsel
Draw from your depth. Keep the rope long enough and the jug unbroken.
The six lines
Line 1 — Mud in the well; no one drinks.
Line 2 — Shooting at fish in the well; the jug leaks.
Line 3 — The well is cleaned but not used. Sorrow.
Line 4 — The well is being lined. No blame.
Line 5 — A clear, cold spring. Drink.
Line 6 — Drawing without hindrance. Great good.