Hexagram 48 · line 6
The Well
井Jǐng
The well is drawn from. Do not cover it. Trust is present. Greatly favorable.
Line statement
上六
井收，勿幕。有孚，元吉。
The well is drawn from. Do not cover it. Trust is present. Greatly favorable.
The well is kept open for drawing in Line 6, with trust and a strongly favorable verdict. Changing the line makes Wind above Wind, Hexagram 57. Repetition belongs to the new figure’s structure; continued public access to a source remains a matter of use and care.
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