Oppression — Hexagram Detail — I Ching 64 Fortune Telling
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Kun (Oppression) — Lake above Water below. Lake without water is itself trapped by water. When trapped, actions speak louder than words.
Line-by-Line
Line 1：臀困于株木，入于幽谷，三岁不觌。 Buttocks trapped on a stump — entering a dark valley; three years without daylight. Deeply oppressed, no hope in sight.
Line 2：困于酒食，朱绂方来，利用享祀。征凶，无咎。 Oppressed amid food and wine — the red sash just arrived; favorable for offerings, not for campaigns. Small comforts in hardship; do not act rashly.
Line 3：困于石，据于蒺藜，入于其宫，不见其妻，凶。 Trapped on stone, leaning on thorns — entering home, no wife to be seen; danger. Obstacles everywhere, utterly alone.
Line 4：来徐徐，困于金车，吝有终。 Coming slowly — trapped in a golden carriage; regret but good ending. Prolonged hardship but eventual improvement.
Line 5：困于赤绂，乃徐有说，利用祭祀。 Nose and feet cut — oppressed by the red sash; slowly released; favorable for offerings. Wounded but redeemable through righteous path.
Line 6：困于葛藟，于臲兀，曰动悔。有悔，征吉。 Tangled in creepers, on unstable ground — every move brings regret. But with regret, action brings good fortune. At rock bottom, movement brings reversal.