恆
Héng · Duration
Constancy is not standing still; it is not abandoning the direction.
The judgment
恆：亨，無咎，利貞，利有攸往。
Duration succeeds. No blame. It is favorable to stay true and to have somewhere to go: constancy that can still move.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex32.judgment.
The image
象曰：雷風，恆。君子以立不易方。
Thunder and wind: duration. A capable person takes a stand and does not keep changing direction.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex32.image.
Constancy is not standing still; it is not abandoning the direction.
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 浚恆，貞凶，無攸利。 Digging too deep for permanence. Even if you hold on, it is bad: you cannot freeze what has to move.
Digging too deep for permanence. Even if you hold on, it is bad: you cannot freeze what has to move.
九二 悔亡。 Regret disappears. The middle line needs no drama: steadiness itself is the answer.
Regret disappears. The middle line needs no drama: steadiness itself is the answer.
九三 不恆其德，或承之羞，貞吝。 If you do not keep your character steady, shame comes. Even staying true to the wrong thing is a dead end.
If you do not keep your character steady, shame comes. Even staying true to the wrong thing is a dead end.
九四 田無禽。 Hunting in the field and finding no game. Persistence in the wrong place yields nothing: change the field, not the effort.
Hunting in the field and finding no game. Persistence in the wrong place yields nothing: change the field, not the effort.
六五 恆其德，貞，婦人吉，夫子凶。 Keeping to your character: for a woman this is lucky, for a man it is bad. The old roles are fixed; read it as a warning about a constancy that has no room to act.
Keeping to your character: for a woman this is lucky, for a man it is bad. The old roles are fixed; read it as a warning about a constancy that has no room to act.
上六 振恆，凶。 Shaking what should be steady. Misfortune: constant restlessness destroys the very thing you wanted to keep.
Shaking what should be steady. Misfortune: constant restlessness destroys the very thing you wanted to keep.