Hexagram 29 · 坎 kǎn

Pitfalls · line 1

初六: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

Hexagram 29 Pitfalls · Judgement

習坎:有孚,維心亨,行有尚。

Khan, here repeated, shows the possession of sincerity, through which the mind is penetrating. Action (in accordance with this) will be of high value.

James Legge, 1882