Hexagram 48 · 井 jǐng

The Well · line 2

九二:井谷射鮒,甕敝漏。

The second line, undivided, shows a well from which by a hole the water escapes and flows away to the shrimps (and such small creatures among the grass), or one the water of which leaks away from a broken basket.

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