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易 · #39

蹇

Obstruction

Hexagram 39

Hexagram 39 Obstruction (蹇)

Upper

坎Water水

Lower

艮Mountain山

Meaning · modern paraphrase

Obstruction; pause and seek help — the way opens.

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Related hexagrams

Opposite (錯卦)睽Opposition

Inverted (綜卦)解Deliverance

Same upper trigram

屯Difficulty at the Beginning 需Waiting 比Holding Together 坎The Abysmal 井The Well 節Limitation 既濟After Completion

Same lower trigram

謙Modesty 咸Influence 遯Retreat 艮Keeping Still 漸Development 旅The Wanderer 小過Small Excess

The I Ching is a traditional divination classic, for reflection and reference.