Hexagram 47 · 困 kùn
Hemmed In · line 1
初六: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
Hexagram 47 Hemmed In · Judgement
困:亨,貞,大人吉,无咎,有言不信。
In (the condition denoted by) Khwăn there may (yet be) progress and success. For the firm and correct, the (really) great man, there will be good fortune. He will fall into no error. If he make speeches, his words cannot be made good.
James Legge, 1882