#䷮ Exhausting - 困

He is oppressed by creeping vines. He moves uncertainly and says, "Movement brings remorse." If one feels remorse over this and makes a start, Good fortune comes.

上六：困于葛藟，于臲卼，曰动悔。有悔，征吉。

His nose and feet are cut off. Oppression at the hands of the man with the purple knee bands. Joy comes softly. It furthers one to make offerings and libations.

九五：劓刖，困于赤绂，乃徐有说，利用祭祀。

A man permits himself to be oppressed by stone, And leans on thorns and thistles. He enters the house and does not see his wife. Misfortune.

六三：困于石，据于蒺藜，入于其宫，不见其妻，凶。

One is oppressed while at meat and drink.

九二：困于酒食，朱绂方来，利用享祀，征凶，无咎。

One sits oppressed under a bare tree And strays into a gloomy valley. For three years one sees nothing.

初六：臀困于株木，入于幽谷，三岁不觌。