坎
Kǎn · The Abysmal
Danger is a terrain, not a verdict; move through it like water.
The judgment
坎：習坎，有孚，維心亨，行有尚。
The abyss repeated. If you are sincere, the heart can still succeed, and the action is worthy.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex29.judgment.
The image
象曰：水洊至，習坎。君子以常德行，習教事。
Water arrives again and again: the abyss repeated. A capable person keeps a steady practice and trains in the work.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex29.image.
Danger is a terrain, not a verdict; move through it like water.
The six lines
Each line is a stage, from the bottom of the hexagram to the top. Open any line to read it in plain English.
初六 習坎，入於坎窞，凶。 The abyss repeated, and you fall into a pit inside it. Misfortune: going deeper into the same hole.
The abyss repeated, and you fall into a pit inside it. Misfortune: going deeper into the same hole.
九二 坎有險，求小得。 There is danger in the abyss. Seek a small gain, not a way out: small is what is available.
There is danger in the abyss. Seek a small gain, not a way out: small is what is available.
六三 來之坎坎，險且枕，入於坎窞，勿用。 Coming and going, all is pit and danger, and you are resting on it. Do not act: there is no foothold.
Coming and going, all is pit and danger, and you are resting on it. Do not act: there is no foothold.
六四 樽酒簋貳，用缶，納約自牖，終無咎。 A jug of wine, two bowls of grain, plain clay vessels, and a contract passed through the window. No blame in the end: in danger, simple and direct is enough.
A jug of wine, two bowls of grain, plain clay vessels, and a contract passed through the window. No blame in the end: in danger, simple and direct is enough.
九五 坎不盈，只既平，無咎。 The pit is not full, but it is level. No blame: you do not need to fill the abyss, only to reach even ground.
The pit is not full, but it is level. No blame: you do not need to fill the abyss, only to reach even ground.
上六 係用徽纆，置於叢棘，三歲不得，凶。 Bound with cords and put among thorns. For three years you do not get out: misfortune.
Bound with cords and put among thorns. For three years you do not get out: misfortune.