Hexagram 47: Distress
Statement: Distress. Continue. For a pure and great person: fortune. No fault. What is said is not trusted.
Top trigram: Lake
Bottom trigram: Water
Hexagram Number: 47
Hexagram Name: Distress
Line 1 comment: Buttocks distressed by tree stumps. Entering a dark ravine. For three harvests, meeting no one.
Line 2 comment: Distressed with wine and food. Vermilion sashes come from all directions. Gain by making offerings and worshipping. Going: misfortune. No fault.
Line 3 comment: Distressed by rock, seized in thistles. Entering into his palace, not seeing his wife. Misfortune.
Line 4 comment: Progress is gradual. Distressed in a metal car. Regret will end.
Line 5 comment: Hacking off noses, hacking off feet. Distressed by vermillion sashes. Then, slowly, there is talk. Gain by making offerings and sacrifices.
Line 6 comment: Distressed by vines and creepers. With anxious speech and acts, one repents. Repent and go forward to fortune.
The image A lake without water: distress. The noble one devotes her life to fulfill her will.