Hexagram 12 · line 2
Stagnation
否Pǐ
Patient compliance is favorable for the small person. The great person endures the obstruction and achieves success.
Line statement
六二
包承，小人吉，大人否，亨。
Patient compliance is favorable for the small person. The great person endures the obstruction and achieves success.
The centered second line bears obstruction differently for the small person and the great person. A firm line here changes lower earth to water, yielding Hexagram 6.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · center
Line 2 is the center of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 5: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 5; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes