Hexagram 48
水风井
The Well
Upper Trigram
☵
坎 (水)
Lower Trigram
☴
巽 (木)
Palace
震 Palace
Shi / Ying Lines
Shi: Line 5 · Ying: Line 2
The 坎 trigram (水) sits above the 巽 trigram (木), forming 水风井. This hexagram belongs to the 震 Palace.
Judgment (卦辞)
The Well. The town may be changed, but the well cannot be changed.
Image (象辞)
Water over wood: the image of The Well.
Line Texts (爻辞)
Line 1
One does not drink the mud of the well. (井泥不食)
Line 2
At the wellhole one shoots fishes. The jug is broken. (井谷射鲋)
Line 3
The well is cleaned, but no one drinks. Sorrow. (井渫不食)
Line 4
The well is being lined. No blame. (井甃)
Line 5
A clear, cold spring from which one can drink. (井冽)
Line 6
One draws from the well without hindrance. (井收勿幕)