Hexagram 48 · ䷯
The Well. The city may be changed, but the well cannot be changed. It neither decreases nor increases. They come and go and draw from the well. If the well has fallen in, it is not used. It brings misfortune if one draws the water before the rope has reached the water, or if the pitcher is broken.
The Well. The city may be changed, but the well cannot be changed. It neither decreases nor increases. They come and go and draw from the well. If the well has fallen in, it is not used.
The well gives rise to water that is drawn upward. The well nourishes inexhaustibly. The city may be changed, but the well cannot be changed, because the hard is in the middle. If the well has fallen in, it is not used: this means no achievement. If the pitcher is broken, this brings misfortune.
The well gives rise to water drawn upward. The well nourishes inexhaustibly. The city may change but the well cannot, because the hard is in the middle. No achievement comes from a fallen well.
Water over wood: the image of the Well. The noble person comforts the people and urges them to help one another.
Water over wood represents the Well. The noble person comforts the people and urges them to help one another.
The well is muddy, not to be drunk from. An old well without animals.
The well is muddy, not to be drunk from. An old well without animals.
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The well is muddy, not to be drunk from: this means he is below. An old well without animals: this is what the time abandons.
The muddy well not to be drunk from means he is below. An old well without animals shows what time abandons.
At the wellhole one shoots fishes. The pitcher is broken and leaks.
At the wellhole one shoots fishes. The pitcher is broken and leaks.
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At the wellhole one shoots fishes: there is no one to respond.
Shooting fishes at the wellhole shows no one responds.
The well is cleaned, but no one drinks from it. This is my heart's sorrow, for one might draw from it. If the king is enlightened, good fortune will be shared by all.
The well is cleaned, but no one drinks from it. This is my heart's sorrow. If the king is enlightened, good fortune will be shared by all.
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The well is cleaned, but no one drinks from it: this is a cause for sorrow. If one might draw from it, this brings blessing: the king is enlightened.
The cleaned well not drunk from is sorrowful. Drawing from it brings blessing when the king is enlightened.
The well is being lined. No blame.
The well is being lined. No blame.
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The well is being lined: this means repairing the well.
The well being lined means repairing the well.
In the well there is a clear, cold spring from which one can drink.
In the well there is a clear, cold spring from which one can drink.
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One can drink from the cold spring: because of the correct middle.
Drinking from the cold spring comes from correct middle.
One draws from the well without hindrance. It is dependable. Supreme good fortune.
One draws from the well without hindrance. It is dependable. Supreme good fortune.
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Supreme good fortune at the top: great achievement.
Supreme good fortune at the top shows great achievement.