Hexagram 20: Beholding
Statement: Behold! The hands have been washed, but the offering has not yet been made. Be sincere and dignified in appearance.
Top trigram: Wind
Bottom trigram: Earth
Hexagram Number: 20
Hexagram Name: Beholding
Line 1 comment: Childish beholding is not wrong for a common person, but it is wrong for a superior person.
Line 2 comment: Spying and peeping: far better to have a woman's purity.
Line 3 comment: Beholding my life: advance or retreat?
Line 4 comment: Beholding our nation's glory: make good use of an audience with the king.
Line 5 comment: Beholding my life: the wise person rids herself of faults.
Line 6 comment: In beholding others' lives the wise person allows no faults.
The image The wind moving above the earth: beholding. The ancient kings inspected the provinces and territories to establish the right teachings.