Hexagram 47
困 Kùn
Oppression (Exhaustion)
兌
Dui — Joyous
Lake · Youngest Daughter
坎
Kan — Abysmal
Water · Middle Son
Oppression. Success. Perseverance. The great person brings about good fortune. No blame. When one has something to say, it is not believed.
There is no water in the lake: the image of Exhaustion. Thus the superior person stakes their life on following their will.
One sits oppressed under a bare tree and strays into a gloomy valley. For three years one sees nothing.
One is oppressed while at meat and drink. The person with the scarlet knee bands is just coming. It furthers one to offer sacrifice. To set forth brings misfortune. No blame.
One lets oneself be oppressed by stone, and leans on thorns and thistles. One enters the house and does not see one's wife. Misfortune.
Comes very quietly, oppressed in a golden carriage. Humiliation, but the end is reached.
One's nose and feet are cut off. Oppression at the hands of the person with the purple knee bands. Joy comes softly. It furthers one to make offerings and libations.
Oppressed by creeping vines. One says to oneself 'Movement brings remorse.' If one feels remorse over this and makes a start, good fortune comes.