Hexagram 60 · ䷻
Limitation. Success. Bitter limitation does not further.
Judgment
Limitation. Success. Bitter limitation does not further.
Image
Water over the lake represents Limitation. The noble person establishes number and measure, and discusses virtue and conduct.
Lines
Not going out of the door and the courtyard is without blame. Not going out of the gate and the courtyard brings misfortune. He who knows no limitation will have cause to lament. N...
Limitation. Success. Bitter limitation does not further.
Limitation. Success. Bitter limitation does not further.
Limitation brings success. The hard and the soft are divided, and the hard has attained the middle. Bitter limitation does not further, because the way comes to an end. Joy in the face of danger—limitation in the proper place. The correct middle brings success. Heaven and earth have limitation, and thus the four seasons come into being. Through limitation in the sense of regulating, one does not hurt possessions and does not harm the people.
Limitation brings success. The hard and soft are distinguished, and the hard attains the middle. Bitter limitation does not further because that way reaches an impasse. Delight moving through danger, while keeping to proper limits, brings free passage. Heaven and earth have their limits, and so the four seasons are formed. Setting limits by institutions avoids harming wealth and people.
Water over the lake: the image of Limitation. The noble person establishes number and measure, and discusses virtue and conduct.
Water over the lake represents Limitation. The noble person establishes number and measure, and discusses virtue and conduct.
Not going out of the door and the courtyard is without blame.
Not going out of the door and the courtyard is without blame.
Small Image
Not going out of the door and the courtyard shows that he knows what obstruction is.
Not going out of door and courtyard shows knowing what obstruction is.
Not going out of the gate and the courtyard brings misfortune.
Not going out of the gate and the courtyard brings misfortune.
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Not going out of the gate and the courtyard brings misfortune: he loses the time.
Not going out of gate and courtyard brings misfortune means losing time.
He who knows no limitation will have cause to lament. No blame.
He who knows no limitation will have cause to lament. No blame.
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He who knows no limitation will have cause to lament: whom could he blame?
Knowing no limitation with cause to lament means whom could he blame?
Contented limitation. Success.
Contented limitation. Success.
Small Image
Contented limitation brings success: he accepts the upper way.
Contented limitation brings success means accepting the upper way.
Sweet limitation. Good fortune. Going brings honor.
Sweet limitation. Good fortune. Going brings honor.
Small Image
Sweet limitation brings good fortune: he holds the middle.
Sweet limitation brings good fortune means holding the middle.
Bitter limitation. Perseverance brings misfortune. Remorse disappears.
Bitter limitation. Perseverance brings misfortune. Remorse disappears.
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Bitter limitation, perseverance brings misfortune: his way comes to an end.
Bitter limitation with perseverance bringing misfortune means way comes to end.
What does Chieh / Limitation mean in the I Ching?
Limitation. Success. Bitter limitation does not further.
How should I study Hexagram 60 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. Not going out of the door and the courtyard is without blame. Not going out of the gate and the courtyard brings misfortune. He who knows no limitation will have cause to lament. N...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
Limitation brings success. The hard and soft are distinguished, and the hard attains the middle. Bitter limitation does not further because that way reaches an impasse. Delight moving through danger, while keeping to pro...
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