兼山艮，止於所當止
Judgment and its commentary
先讀經文，再讀《彖傳》如何解釋卦辭。Read the received text first, then its Tuan commentary.
艮：艮其背，不獲其身，行其庭，不見其人，無咎。
艮卦——止於背（止於不見之處），則身不被欲牽；行於庭中，雖見人而不為人所動——無咎。止之大法在於「不見」其所欲。
When one's resting is like that of the back, and he loses all consciousness of self; when he walks in his courtyard, and does not see any of the persons in it, — there will be no error.
艮，止也。時止則止，時行則行，動靜不失其時，其道光明。艮其止，止其所也。上下敵應，不相與也。是以不獲其身，行其庭不見其人，無咎也。
艮，是「止」。該止則止，該行則行，動靜不失於時，其道光明。「艮其止」是止於該止之所。上下兩卦皆艮，敵對而不相應——所以「不獲其身」「行其庭不見其人」，無咎。
Gen denotes stopping. When it is the time to stop, then stop; when it is the time to act, then act. When one's movements and restings all take place at the proper time, his way is brilliant.
Great Image Commentary
上下卦取象 → 全卦成象 → 人事取法Trigrams → whole image → conduct
兼山，艮
(The trigram representing) two mountains, one above the other, forms Gen.
君子以思不出其位。
The superior man, in accordance with this, does not let his thoughts go beyond (the duties of) the position in which he is.
山上加山——艮之象。君子由此體會：思慮不要超出自己的位分。
本站導讀，不屬《大象傳》原文；用來預覽本卦六爻由初至上的意象變化。An editorial preview of the six line images, not part of the Great Image Commentary.
艮其趾，無咎，利永貞。
止於足趾——剛要動就先止，無咎，利於長久守正。
The first SIX shows its subject keeping his toes at rest. There will be no error; but it will be advantageous for him to be persistently firm and correct.
艮其趾，未失正也。
止於足趾，是還未失於正道。
艮其腓，不拯其隨，其心不快。
止於小腿——不能挽救其上身（已動），心中不快。
The second SIX shows its subject keeping the calves of his legs at rest. He cannot help him whom he follows; and is dissatisfied in his mind.
不拯其隨，未退聽也。
不能挽救上身，是上未能退而聽從。
艮其限，列其夤，厲薰心。
止於腰部，硬性割裂上下——有險，憂愁如火薰心。
The third NINE shows its subject keeping his loins at rest, and separating the ribs (from the body below). The situation is perilous, and the heart glows with suppressed excitement.
艮其限，危薰心也。
止於腰部之危險，使心如被火薰。
艮其身，無咎。
止於身——能止整個身體，無咎。
The fourth SIX shows its subject keeping his trunk at rest. There will be no error.
艮其身，止諸躬也。
止於身，是止於自身。
艮其輔，言有序，悔亡。
止於兩頰（言語之器）——說話有條理，悔消失。
The fifth SIX shows its subject keeping his jawbones at rest, so that his words are (all) orderly. Occasion for repentance will disappear.
艮其輔，以中正也。
止於兩頰，是因為居中正之位。
敦艮，吉。
敦厚地止——大吉。能止到極處而不失敦厚，是艮卦之最高境。
The topmost NINE shows its subject devotedly maintaining his restfulness. There will be good fortune.
敦艮之吉，以厚終也。
敦艮之吉，是以敦厚之德終全。
To stop, to still; the mountain. Both the action and the image of this hexagram.
The calf of the leg.
The waist; also 'boundary, limit' — the place where line 3 forces its cut.
The flesh along the spine and lower back.
To smoke, to scorch — the suppressed heart smoldering as if fumigated.
The jawbones, the cheeks — the apparatus of speech.
Thick, honest, deeply settled — the unforced stillness of the top line.
