艮
gen4Mathews: 3327GSR: 416a
Dictionary Definition
(to) still, check, limit, restrain, constrain, prevent, confine, arrest, define, resist, be obstinate; keep still, just be, hold steady, balance, rest, set, settle, quiet, suspend (s, ed, ing); (a, the) restraint, definition, boundary, confinement, setting, obstacle ahead, stillness, equilibrium, rest, [inertia]; stiffness; hostility, opposition; (to be) outspoken, straightforward, candid, blunt, simple, honest; refractory, stubborn, obstinate, perverse
Radical: 138+0 | First occurrence: Hexagram 52.0
Concordance & Context (15 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 52.0
Gua Ci★
(keep, hold)(ing) still, quiet, balance(d) (ing)
艮其背，不獲其身，行其庭，不見其人，無咎。
Not grasping one’s own being
Moving through one’s courtyard
But not seeing other people
No blame
Stats: 138+0→ 52.1
1st Line
st ill(ness), rest, quiet; restrain, check (ing)
艮其趾，無咎，利永贞。
Stilling those toes
Making no mistakes
Warranting prolonged persistence
→ 52.2
2nd Line
st ill(ness), rest, quiet; restrain, check (ing)
艮其腓，不拯其隨，其心不快。
Stilling those legs
Not helpful in one’s pursuits
One’s heart is not gratified
→ 52.3
3rd Line
still; fix, set(ting, tle); re-, constrain (ing)
艮其限，列其夤，厲燻心。
Setting those restrictions
Divided at one’s waist
Rigors choke the heart
→ 52.4
4th Line
st ill(ness), rest, quiet; restrain, check (ing)
艮其身，無咎。
Stilling one’s being
Not a mistake
→ 52.5
5th Line
st ill(ness), rest, quiet; restrain, check (ing)
艮其輔，言有序，悔亡。
Stilling those jawbones
Words will have order
Regrets pass
→ 52.6
6th Line
stillness, quiet, balance, equilibrium, restraint
敦艮，吉。
Authentic stillness
Promising
→ 52.0
Xiao Xiang 1
stilling
艮其趾，未失正也。
52.1x Stilling those toes:
Before losing the principle
Xiao Xiang 3
setting
艮其限，危燻心也。
52.3x Setting those restrictions:
Crises choke the heart
Xiao Xiang 4
stilling
艮其身，止諸躬也。
52.4x Stilling one’s being:
Stilling all of the personal
Xiao Xiang 5
stilling
艮其輔，以中正也。
52.5x Stilling those jawbones:
Applying the central principle
Xiao Xiang 6
stillness
敦艮之吉，以厚終也。
52.6x Authentic stillness holds promise:
The way to a genuine outcome
Tuan Zhuan
stillness
艮，止也。時止則止，時行則行，動靜不失其時，其道光明。艮其止，止其所也。上下敵應，不相與也。是以不獲其身，行其庭不見其人，無咎也。
Stillness
(Means) to keep still
(If) time to stop, then stop
(If) time to move, then move
(When) activity (and) rest do not lose their timing
One’s path (is) revealed (and) clarified
Stillness (means) self-restraint
Restraint (is) to one’s own purpose
Above (and) below resist corresponding
Having nothing to do with each other
And so it is that having no grasp of one’s own being
(And) moving (through) one’s courtyard
Without seeing other people
(Is) without blame
stillness
艮，止也。時止則止，時行則行，動靜不失其時，其道光明。艮其止，止其所也。上下敵應，不相與也。是以不獲其身，行其庭不見其人，無咎也。
Stillness
(Means) to keep still
(If) time to stop, then stop
(If) time to move, then move
(When) activity (and) rest do not lose their timing
One’s path (is) revealed (and) clarified
Stillness (means) self-restraint
Restraint (is) to one’s own purpose
Above (and) below resist corresponding
Having nothing to do with each other
And so it is that having no grasp of one’s own being
(And) moving (through) one’s courtyard
Without seeing other people
(Is) without blame
Xiang Zhuan
stillness
兼山，艮。君子以思不出其位。
Adjacent mountains
Stillness
The noble young one, accordingly,
contemplates nothing outside of its place
→ 52.0
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