Hexagram 29 坎, Line 1
坎
Hexagram 29 · first line, divided (six)
習坎，入于坎窞，凶。
The first line, divided, shows its subject in the double defile, and (yet) entering a cavern within it. There will be evil.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
習坎入坎，失道凶也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 29 becomes hexagram 60.
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Character glossary
- 習xíto study, to practice; habit
- 坎kǎnpit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 窞dànpit
- 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 也yěalso, too
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.