Hexagram 57, Xùn (The Gentle Wind): Line 6 (top)
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上九:巽在床下,丧其资斧,贞凶。
The line (Legge)
The sixth NINE, undivided, shows the representative of penetration beneath a couch, and having lost the axe with which he executed his decisions. However firm and correct he may (try to) be, there will be evil.
Small Image commentary
'The representative of penetration is beneath a couch:' - though occupying the topmost place, his powers are exhausted. 'He has lost the axe with which he executed his decisions:' - though he try to be correct, there will be evil.
象曰:巽在床下,上穷也。丧其资斧,正乎凶也。
In plain words
Humble enough to kneel under the bed, losing one's means and one's axe; holding on brings misfortune. The top line is at the end of the hexagram: too submissive, it has lost its power of decision, which is the axe. The Small Image says at the top it has come to its limit, and losing its means and axe is misfortune indeed.
Applying it to your situation
If you have become so accommodating that you have lost yourself, this line suggests it is time to find your own mind again. What "axe" do you most need to recover?
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; both are yang, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Xùn changes into Hexagram 48 Jǐng (The Well). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·巽之井.
The hexagram
Hexagram 57 Xùn (The Gentle Wind). The Judgment: Xun intimates that (under the conditions which it denotes) there will be some little attainment and progress. There will be advantage in movement onward in whatever direction. It will be advantageous (also) to see the great man.
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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.