Hexagram 47 困, Line 1
困
Hexagram 47 · first line, divided (six)
臀困于株木，入于幽谷，三歲不覿。
The first line, divided, shows its subject with bare buttocks straitened under the stump of a tree. He enters a dark valley, and for three years has no prospect (of deliverance).
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
入于幽谷，幽不明也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 47 becomes hexagram 58.
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Character glossary
- 臀túnbuttocks
- 困kùnto surround; to besiege; surrounded, in
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 株zhūroot, stump; measure word for trees
- 木mùtree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 幽yōuquiet, secluded, tranquil; dark
- 谷gǔvalley, gorge, ravine
- 三sānthree
- 歲suìyear; years old, age; harvest
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 覿dísee; interview; be admitted to audience
- 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand
- 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.