艮 · 止
Judgement
艮其背，不获其身；行其庭，不见其人，无咎。
He keeps his back still and does not find his own body. He walks his courtyard and does not see his people. No blame.
The Image
兼山，艮。君子以思不出其位。
The mountains stand together: keeping still. So the superior man does not let his thoughts go beyond his place.
The Lines
艮其趾，无咎，利永贞。
Keeping the toes still; no blame. It furthers to stay steadfast.
“艮其趾”，未失正也。
Keeping the toes still: he has not lost what is right.
艮其腓，不拯其随，其心不快。
Keeping the calves still; he does not rescue the one he follows; his heart is not glad.
“不拯其随”，未退听也。
Not rescuing the one he follows: he has not withdrawn and listened.
艮其限，列其夤，厉熏心。
Keeping the waist still; the sinews part; danger burns the heart.
“艮其限”，危“熏心”也。
Keeping the waist still: danger burns the heart.
艮其身，无咎。
Keeping the body still; no blame.
“艮其身”，止诸躬也。
Keeping the body still: he stops within himself.
艮其辅，言有序，悔亡。
Keeping the jaw still; his words are ordered; regret passes.
“艮其辅”，以中正也。
Keeping the jaw still: centrality and correctness.
敦艮，吉。
Generous stillness. Good fortune.
“敦艮”之“吉”，以厚终也。
The good fortune of generous stillness: he ends richly.
Reading
山山相重。静，以及「界被守住」那种特定的静。卦中是有动的，但那是不动之动——经文把它当作一件正面的事。