48 Jing


The Well
The town is moved, but not the well. There will be neither loss nor gain. They come up and go, welling up, but the rope does not reach the depth of the well, and he breaks his jug. There will be misfortune.
===   === If the well is retired, do not cover it. There will be capture. Great good fortune.
========= The well water is clear; its cool spring is drunk from.
===   === The well is tiled. No harm will come.
========= The well water surges; it is not drunk. My heart is sad since it can be used to draw water. The king will make a covenant. All will receive mutual blessings.
====x==== He shoots fish in the well bottom. His crock is cracked and leaky.
===   === The well water is muddy and is not drunk. At an old well there is no game.

39 Jian


Stumbling
The south and west are favorable; the north and east are not. It is time to see the great one. Omen of good fortune.
===   === He stumbles ahead and is prominent coming back. Good fortune. It is time to see the great one.
========= Great is his lameness. Friends will arrive.
===   === He stumbles ahead and comes back in a carriage.
========= He stumbles ahead and tumbles back.
===   === The king's minister stumbles and falls, through no fault of his own.
===   === He stumbles ahead and is praised coming back.