Keeping Still Mountain

Stillness. Rest, reflect and stop at the right point; quiet the restless mind.

• 初六 · Line 1
  艮其趾，无咎，利永貞。
  The first SIX, divided, shows its subject keeping his toes at rest. There will be no error; but it will be advantageous for him to be persistently firm and correct.
  象曰：艮其趾，未失正也。
• 六二 · Line 2
  艮其腓，不拯其隨，其心不快。
  The second SIX, divided, shows its subject keeping the calves of his legs at rest. He cannot help (the subject of the line above) whom he follows, and is dissatisfied in his mind.
  象曰：不拯其隨，未退聽也。
• 九三 · Line 3
  艮其限，裂其夤，厲閽心。
  The third NINE, undivided, shows its subject keeping his loins at rest, and separating the ribs (from the body below). The situation is perilous, and the heart glows with suppressed excitement.
  象曰：艮其限，危薰心也。
• 六四 · Line 4
  艮其身，无咎。
  The fourth SIX, divided, shows its subject keeping his trunk at rest. There will be no error.
  象曰：艮其身，止諸躬也。
• 六五 · Line 5
  艮其輔，言有孚，悔亡。
  The fifth SIX, divided, shows its subject keeping his jawbones at rest, so that his words are (all) orderly. Occasion for repentance will disappear.
  象曰：艮其輔，以中正也。
• 上九 · Line 6
  敦艮，吉。
  The sixth NINE, undivided, shows its subject devotedly maintaining his restfulness. There will be good fortune.
  象曰：敦艮之吉，以厚終也。