Hexagram 46 · line 6
Pushing Upward
升Shēng
Ascending in darkness. Unceasing constancy is beneficial.
Line statement
上六
冥升，利于不息之貞。
Ascending in darkness. Unceasing constancy is beneficial.
The final ascent is dark or blind. Traditional readings distinguish steadfastness in conduct from restless upward striving. Changing Line 6 makes Mountain above Wind, Hexagram 18, adding the theme of stopping to address decay.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · boundary
Line 6 is the boundary of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 3: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 3; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes