I Ching · Book of Changes

Chapter 32

Hexagram 32 · Heng · Duration

King Wen, Duke of Zhou, Confucius · Western Zhou (c.1000 BCE)

Duration: success. No blame. Perseverance furthers. Favorable to go. 1. Seeking duration too hastily. Perseverance: misfortune. 2. Remorse disappears. 3. Not persisting in virtue — may receive disgrace. Humiliation. 4. No game in the field. 5. Persisting in virtue through perseverance. Woman: good fortune; man: misfortune. 6. Restless duration. Misfortune.