艮
Gèn · Keeping Still
Stillness is not doing nothing; it is not moving past your place.
The judgment
艮：其背，不獲其身，行其庭，不見其人，無咎。
Keeping still at the back, you no longer feel your own body; walking in the courtyard, you do not see the people. No blame: stillness so complete that the self drops away.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex52.judgment.
The image
象曰：兼山，艮。君子以思不出其位。
Two mountains: keeping still. A capable person does not let their thoughts run past their position.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex52.image.
Stillness is not doing nothing; it is not moving past your place.
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 艮其趾，無咎，利永貞。 Stillness at the toes. No blame; it is favorable to stay constant: stop before the first step.
Stillness at the toes. No blame; it is favorable to stay constant: stop before the first step.
六二 艮其腓，不拯其隨，其心不快。 Stillness in the calf. You cannot save the one you follow, and your heart is unhappy: you are stopped, but not at peace.
Stillness in the calf. You cannot save the one you follow, and your heart is unhappy: you are stopped, but not at peace.
九三 艮其限，列其夤，厲薰心。 Stillness at the waist, splitting the spine. Danger burns the heart: a forced stop in the middle of yourself.
Stillness at the waist, splitting the spine. Danger burns the heart: a forced stop in the middle of yourself.
六四 艮其身，無咎。 Stillness in the whole body. No blame: the stop is complete and there is no struggle left.
Stillness in the whole body. No blame: the stop is complete and there is no struggle left.
六五 艮其輔，言有序，悔亡。 Stillness in the jaw. Words come out in order, and regret disappears: the stillness is in the speech, not in silence.
Stillness in the jaw. Words come out in order, and regret disappears: the stillness is in the speech, not in silence.
上九 敦艮，吉。 A generous stillness. Good fortune: the last line rests easily, without forcing itself to be still.
A generous stillness. Good fortune: the last line rests easily, without forcing itself to be still.