Hexagram 20, Guān (Contemplation): Line 6 (top)
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上九：观其生，君子无咎。
The line (Legge)
The sixth NINE, undivided, shows its subject contemplating his character to see if it be indeed that of a superior man. He will not fall into error.
Small Image commentary
'He contemplates his own character:' - he cannot even yet let his mind be at rest.
象曰：观其生，志未平也。
In plain words
Looking at his life: the noble person is without fault. The top line is at the very top, no longer in office, yet still watched by everyone, and must keep examining itself. The Small Image says its mind is not yet at rest.
Applying it to your situation
If you have stepped aside but people still look to you, this line suggests continuing to watch your conduct. What would you like others to see in you?
Position
A solid (yang) line in the top place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is not in its proper place. Its partner is line 3; one is yin and the other yang, so they respond to each other.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Guān changes into Hexagram 8 Bǐ (Holding Together). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·观之比.
The hexagram
Hexagram 20 Guān (Contemplation). The Judgment: Guan shows (how he whom it represents should be like) the worshipper who has washed his hands, but not (yet) presented his offerings - with sincerity and an appearance of dignity (commanding reverent regard).
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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.