井
Jǐng · The Well
The town can move; the well stays. What is full does not chase anyone.
The judgment
井：改邑不改井，無喪無得，往來井井。汔至，亦未繘井，羸其瓶，凶。
A town can move, but a well cannot. It gives without running out and without gaining anything. People come and go to draw from it. If the rope does not reach the water, or the jar breaks on the way up, that is misfortune.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex48.judgment.
The image
象曰：木上有水，井；君子以勞民勸相。
Wood over water: the well. A capable person organizes work and encourages people to help one another.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex48.image.
Keep the source clean and reachable. The well does not chase anyone; it stays full and open.
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 井泥不食，舊井無禽。 The well is muddy and no one drinks from it. An old well with no animals around it has been abandoned.
The well is muddy and no one drinks from it. An old well with no animals around it has been abandoned.
九二 井谷射鮒，甕敝漏。 The well has become a hole where small fish swim, and the jar is cracked and leaking. The water is there, but the means of drawing it are broken.
The well has become a hole where small fish swim, and the jar is cracked and leaking. The water is there, but the means of drawing it are broken.
九三 井渫不食，為我心惻，可用汲，王明，並受其福。 The well has been cleaned, but no one drinks from it. That is sad, because it could be used. If the ruler were clear-sighted, everyone would benefit.
The well has been cleaned, but no one drinks from it. That is sad, because it could be used. If the ruler were clear-sighted, everyone would benefit.
六四 井甃，無咎。 The well is lined with brick. Nothing is wrong with that: it is repair work, not progress.
The well is lined with brick. Nothing is wrong with that: it is repair work, not progress.
九五 井冽，寒泉食。 The well is clear and cold, and the spring water is fit to drink. This is the well working as it should.
The well is clear and cold, and the spring water is fit to drink. This is the well working as it should.
上六 井收勿幕，有孚元吉。 The well is full and should not be covered. Keep it open and trustworthy, and the good fortune is great.
The well is full and should not be covered. Keep it open and trustworthy, and the good fortune is great.