Hexagram 48 · 井 jǐng

The Well · line 1

初六:井泥不食,舊井无禽。

The first line, divided, shows a well so muddy that men will not drink of it; or an old well to which neither birds (nor other creatures) resort.

James Legge, 1882

Hexagram 48 The Well · Judgement

井:改邑不改井,无喪无得,往來井井。汔至,亦未繘井,羸其瓶,凶。

(Looking at) Tsing, (we think of) how (the site of) a town may be changed, while (the fashion of) its wells undergoes no change. (The water of a well) never disappears and never receives (any great) increase, and those who come and those who go can draw and enjoy the benefit. If (the drawing) have nearly been accomplished, but, before the rope has quite reached the water, the bucket is broken, this is evil.

James Legge, 1882