The Yi jing
   
      The Chinese Classic of Changes   right reading news service
     
   
 

homeward bound

 

 

HEXAGRAM 47: TRAPPED

Auspicious for people in important positions. Disregard idle chatter. Everything will be all right.

The Lines (base to top)

Caning and imprisonment
Drinking beer when they show up
Hemmed in by high rocks and thorns
Shiny car travels slowly
Men in red robes, torturers
Trapped amid strong twining vines

Commentary

Lake over water.

A lake empty of water. Torturers who come to take away the disappeared. A car bearing a prisoner. The images are grim, but setbacks can be strengthening, and the long-term prognosis is favorable.

Don't give up hope.

.

.

*******

 

*******

 

 

 

[go back/cast again]

about this text

<- hexagram 46
hexagram 48 ->

all entries

 
***

Taoism and the Arts of China

Chinese Jade

 
 
top of page
 
site home | yi jing home | previous | next