Pure yin — devoted receptivity, the power that sustains and completes.
Success here comes through supporting rather than forcing, following rather than leading. Be receptive like the earth, which carries all things. Patience and devotion bring lasting reward.
receptivitydevotionnurturingyieldingearth
The Receptive places Earth (receptive, devoted) above Earth (receptive, devoted). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
元亨，利牝马之贞。君子有攸往，先迷后得主，利。西南得朋，东北丧朋。安贞吉。
The Image · 大象
地势坤，君子以厚德载物。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初六履霜，坚冰至。象曰：履霜坚冰，阴始凝也。驯致其道，至坚冰也。
- 六二直方大，不习无不利。象曰：六二之动，直以方也。不习无不利，地道光也。
- 六三含章可贞。或从王事，无成有终。象曰：含章可贞，以时发也。或从王事，知光大也。
- 六四括囊，无咎无誉。象曰：括囊无咎，慎不害也。
- 六五黄裳，元吉。象曰：黄裳元吉，文在中也。
- 上六龙战于野，其血玄黄。象曰：龙战于野，其道穷也。
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.