恆
32. Duration
héng · Mountain ☶ over Lake ☱
Steadiness in action — a perseverance that isn't rigidity.
The Noble One's Path
Thunder and wind — forces in constant motion, yet holding their direction. This is faithfulness (Xin): staying on a chosen path even as circumstances change.
The Lesson
Don't look for quick results. Find what matters to you, and stay with it every day.
A question to sit with
Can I hold to my resolutions once the first burst of enthusiasm has passed?
Related hexagrams
In the I Ching no hexagram stands alone. Each one enters into relationships with others, and those relationships show the situation seen from the other side, in its opposite, and in its hidden tendency.
易
The classical deep dive for this hexagram — the Judgment and the Image after Richard Wilhelm — along with the texts of all six changing lines, is in the book. Get the book
卦
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