Hexagram 29 is named 坎 (kǎn), “Gorge”. Other variations include “the abyss” (in the oceanographic sense) and “repeated entrapment”. Its inner trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer trigram is identical.
Gorge
Confucius/Legge: Danger repeated shows us one defile succeeding another. This is the nature of water — it flows on, without accumulating its volume so as to overflow; it pursues its way through a dangerous defile, without losing its true nature. That the mind is penetrating is indicated by the dynamic line in the center. Advance in accordance with this will be followed by achievement. The dangerous height of heaven cannot be ascended; the difficult places of the earth are mountains, rivers, hills and mounds. Kings and princes arrange, by means of such strengths, to maintain their territories. Great indeed is the use of what is here taught about seasons of peril.
| Size | 70x100x2.5 cm |
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| Weight | 2.50 kg |
| Materials | Acrylic on canvas |
| Period | 2010 |
| Record | Solo exhibition – 'Primordio'，Arrivada Gallery, Chur, Switzerland. 2012 |
