Hexagram 15

Qiān

Modesty

Also: Humility, Moderation

☷ Earth over ☶ Mountain

The Judgment

Modesty creates success. The superior person carries things through.

The Image

Within the earth, a mountain. Thus the superior person reduces that which is too much and augments that which is too little. One weighs things and makes them equal.

The Lines

Line 1

A superior person modest about modesty may cross the great water. Good fortune.

Line 2

Modesty that comes to expression. Perseverance brings good fortune.

Line 3

A superior person of merit carries things to conclusion. Good fortune.

Line 4

Nothing that would not further modesty in movement.

Line 5

Not boasting of wealth before one's neighbor. It is favorable to attack with force. Nothing that would not further.

Line 6

Modesty that comes to expression. It is favorable to set armies marching, to chastise one's own city and one's country.

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