Work on what has been spoiled — repairing decay caused by neglect.
Long stagnation has bred decay, and now it must be reformed. Address the root rather than the symptom; correcting the past clears the future. Diligent work brings renewal.
repairreformrenewalresponsibility
Work on What Has Been Spoiled places Mountain (still, resting) above Wind (gentle, penetrating). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
元亨，利涉大川。先甲三日，后甲三日。
The Image · 大象
山下有风，蛊；君子以振民育德。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初六干父之蛊，有子，考无咎，厉终吉。象曰：干父之蛊，意承考也。
- 九二干母之蛊，不可贞。象曰：干母之蛊，得中道也。
- 九三干父之蛊，小有悔，无大咎。象曰：干父之蛊，终无咎也。
- 六四裕父之蛊，往见吝。象曰：裕父之蛊，往未得也。
- 六五干父之蛊，用誉。象曰：干父之蛊，承以德也。
- 上九不事王侯，高尚其事。象曰：不事王侯，志可则也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.