Hexagram 29 · 坎 kǎn
Pitfalls · line 6
上六：係用徽纆，寘于叢棘，三歲不得，凶。
The topmost line, divided, shows its subject bound with cords of three strands or two strands, and placed in the thicket of thorns. But in three years he does not learn the course for him to pursue. 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