Hexagram 52 · line 4
Keeping Still (Mountain)
艮Gèn
Still the torso. No fault.
Line statement
六四
艮其身，无咎。
Still the torso. No fault.
Line 4 keeps the torso still and gives a verdict of no fault. Its change makes Fire above Mountain, Hexagram 56. Bodily restraint and the traveler’s unsettled position are distinct situations to consider together.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · base
Line 4 is the base of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yin in an even place: aligned
Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 1: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 1; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes