Hexagram 39 · line 1
Obstruction
蹇Jiǎn
Going meets obstruction; coming back receives praise.
Line statement
初六
往蹇，來譽。
Going meets obstruction; coming back receives praise.
The blocked path is recognized at Line 1, before much distance is lost. Making the bottom line firm changes Mountain to Fire and yields Hexagram 63, Fire beneath Water.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · base
Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an odd place: not aligned
Its yin polarity does not match the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 4: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 4; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes