Hexagram 12 · line 6
Stagnation
否Pǐ
Obstruction is overturned. First obstruction, afterward joy.
Line statement
上九
傾否，先否後喜。
Obstruction is overturned. First obstruction, afterward joy.
The overturning of obstruction is placed at the firm top line, whose yielding change makes upper heaven a lake and results in Hexagram 45.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · boundary
Line 6 is the boundary of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an even place: not aligned
Its yang polarity does not match the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 3: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 3; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes