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I Ching · #12

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Standstill

天地否 Pǐ

stagnation withdrawal endurance

The Judgment

否之匪人,不利君子貞,大往小來。

Standstill. Evil people do not further the perseverance of the superior person. The great departs; the small approaches.

The Image

天地不交,否;君子以儉德辟難,不可榮以祿。

Heaven and earth do not unite: the image of Standstill. Thus the superior person falls back upon their inner worth.

In one line

When nothing connects, withdraw and hold your ground.

Trigrams

Lower (inner)
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Earth

the earth · Earth

Upper (outer)
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Heaven

the sky · Metal

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