Hexagram 32
Duration (Héng)
Above: Thunder · Below: Wind
What lasts is what keeps going
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The judgment
What can last goes well and is without fault. Keep to what is right, and you can move forward.
The Image: Thunder and wind: duration. So the noble person stands firm and does not change direction.
From the ancient texts
Shao Yong
Constant and enduring, long and unchanging. The noble person stands firm and does not change course.
Jiao’s Forest of Changes
Born of the Yellow Emperor, descended from Fuxi; no war reaches here, a good place to settle and stay.
Where the descendants of the Yellow Emperor and Fuxi live, no war can reach — a good place to settle down.
Takashima
- On trade: "stand firm and do not change direction" means a business should not keep moving its location.
- On marriage: two eldest children matched together — a very favorable marriage, promising to grow old together.
Five common questions
Timing
Stand firm, and in time all goes well
Health
Healing needs consistency; don't keep switching
Money
Keep your trade where it is
Home
Keep the ancestral home; don't change its direction
Love
Two eldest children matched; together for life
The health notes are traditional observations to reflect on. If you feel unwell, follow your doctor’s advice.
The six lines
- Six at the beginning: Seeking duration too deeply too soon. Persisting brings misfortune; nothing is favorable.
- Nine in the second place: Regret vanishes.
- Nine in the third place: Not constant in one's character, one may meet with disgrace. Persisting brings humiliation.
- Nine in the fourth place: No game in the field.
- Six in the fifth place: Constant in one's character and steadfast — good fortune for a woman, misfortune for a man.
- Six at the top: Restless and unsteady duration. Misfortune.
Reminders from the ancients, offered for reflection only.