Hexagram 29 · line 2
The Abysmal (Water)
坎Kǎn
Danger remains within the depth. The search finds only something small.
Line statement
九二
坎有險，求小得。
Danger remains within the depth. The search finds only something small.
A small gain is possible within the dangerous passage without amounting to escape from it. The distinction keeps limited progress from becoming a claim that the whole situation is resolved. Changing Line 2, the firm lower center, produces Hexagram 8.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- inner · center
Line 2 is the center of the inner trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an even place: not aligned
Its yang polarity does not match the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 5: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 5; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes