Jing (The Well) (水風井)
Upper: ☵ Kan (坎) (Water) · Lower: ☴ Xun (巽) (Wind)
📊 Binary Architecture & The Six Lines
📜 The Judgment (卦辭 / Guaci)
The town may move, but the life-giving well remains constant. Nourish community from inexhaustible inner virtue.
🧭 The Image (大象傳 / Da Xiang) & Archetypal Conduct
Water over wood: The image of The Well. Thus the superior man encourages the people at their work and exhorts them to help one another.
📖 The Lines (爻辭 / Yaoci)
- Line 1 初六Bottom line (1st) · Yin井泥不食，舊井無禽。The well is muddy and cannot be drunk; no animal visits the old well.
- Line 2 九二2nd line · Yang井谷射鮒，瓮敝漏。At the well's hollow, one shoots at fish; the jar is broken and leaks.
- Line 3 九三3rd line · Yang井渫不食，為我心惻，可用汲，王明，並受其福。The well is cleaned but no one drinks; my heart aches; it could be used to draw water; if the king were enlightened, both would receive blessing.
- Line 4 六四4th line · Yin井甃，無咎。The well is lined with bricks; no fault.
- Line 5 九五5th line · Yang井冽，寒泉食。The well is clear; one drinks from the cold spring.
- Line 6 上六Top line (6th) · Yin井收勿幕，有孚元吉。The well is drawn from and not covered; sincerity: supreme good fortune.
Original line texts are transcribed from Wikisource (周易). The English renderings are literal working drafts under editorial review and may change.
✨ Practical Discernment & Life Guidance
Cultivate inexhaustible foundational skills and core capabilities that serve the enduring community.
Build reciprocal relationships dedicated to mutual intellectual and spiritual enrichment.
Invest in vital infrastructure and reliable dividend-generating assets with steady utility.