# 第 47 卦 · Kùn (困) · Exhaustion

> **第 47 号卦牌（Pause）**：守住内心的信念，困境也是磨练。 / Hold your inner faith; hardship can teach you.

困卦泽中无水，象征困顿与受限。此时说话难以被理解，资源也显得匮乏。困境中最重要的是守住内心的信念，少说多做，保存精力，困局会成为磨练。

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## 卦辞

困：亨，貞大人吉，无咎，有言不信。

In (the condition denoted by) Khwăn there may (yet be) progress and success. For the firm and correct, the (really) great man, there will be good fortune. He will fall into no error. If he make speeches, his words cannot be made good.

## 第 1 爻

初六：臀困于株木，入于幽谷，三歲不覿。

The first line, divided, shows its subject with bare buttocks straitened under the stump of a tree. He enters a dark valley, and for three years has no prospect (of deliverance).

## 第 2 爻

九二：困于酒食，朱紱方來，利用享祀，征凶，无咎。

The second line, undivided, shows its subject straitened amidst his wine and viands. There come to him anon the red knee-covers (of the ruler). It will be well for him (to maintain his sincerity as) in sacrificing. Active operations (on his part) will lead to evil, but he will be free from blame.

## 第 3 爻

六三：困于石，據于蒺藜，入于其宮，不見其妻，凶。

The third line, divided, shows its subject straitened before a (frowning) rock. He lays hold of thorns. He enters his palace, and does not see his wife. There will be evil.

## 第 4 爻

九四：來徐徐，困于金車，吝，有終。

The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject proceeding very slowly (to help the subject of the first line), who is straitened by the carriage adorned with metal in front of him. There will be occasion for regret, but the end will be good.

## 第 5 爻

九五：劓刖，困于赤紱，乃徐有說，利用祭祀。

The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject with his nose and feet cut off. He is straitened by (his ministers in their) scarlet aprons. He is leisurely in his movements, however, and is satisfied. It will be well for him to be (as sincere) as in sacrificing (to spiritual beings).

## 第 6 爻

上六：困于葛藟，于臲卼，曰動悔。有悔，征吉。

The sixth line, divided, shows its subject straitened, as if bound with creepers; or in a high and dangerous position, and saying (to himself), ‘If I move, I shall repent it.’ If he do repent of former errors, there will be good fortune in his going forward.

## 出处

- [周易 · 中文原文（Ruism Digital Library）](https://ruism.org/library/classic-of-changes/47#47.1)
- [James Legge, The Yî King (1882), Sacred Books of the East, XVI](https://ruism.org/library/classic-of-changes/47#47.1)