Hexagram 39 · line 6
Obstruction
蹇Jiǎn
Going forward meets obstruction; returning achieves much. Favorable. Meeting a great person is beneficial.
Line statement
上六
往蹇，來碩，吉。利見大人。
Going forward meets obstruction; returning achieves much. Favorable. Meeting a great person is beneficial.
At Line 6, the traditional reading turns back toward the fifth line to help meet the obstruction. The text contrasts blocked advance with a return that can accomplish more. Changing Line 6 makes Wind above Mountain, Hexagram 53.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · boundary
Line 6 is the boundary of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches 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