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Mountain · 艮
止 (keeping still/resting)
Canonical PropertiesShuo Gua (說卦傳)
Family Role
Youngest Son
「艮三索而得男，故謂之少男」
Animal
Dog
「艮為狗」
Body Part
Hands
「艮為手」
Direction
Northeast
「成言乎艮…艮，東北之卦也」
Core Virtue
止 (keeping still/resting)
「艮，止也」
Image in Nature
Mountain
Extended Symbols
mountainnarrow pathsmall stonegate towerfruit and melongatekeeperfingerdogratblack-beaked creatures
「艮為山、為徑路、為小石、為門闕、為果蓏、為閽寺、為指、為狗、為鼠、為黔喙之屬」
Interpretive Qualities
Quality
Stillness, to stop, to halt. Serenity, tranquility. Preserving, stabilizing, balancing force.
Traits
Skillful, clever, introverted, stubborn, stagnant, quiet unless spoken to, resistant to change, pensive, philosophical.
Personages
Peak of life; self-assured and independent-thinking; builder, architect, geologist, historian, archaeologist
Immortal
Zhang Guo Lao / The Alchemist
Wu Xing
Earth
Hexagrams Containing Mountain (15)
䷃
#4
Youthful Folly
Meng · 蒙
䷎
#15
Modesty
Qian · 謙
䷑
#18
Work on What Has Been Spoiled
Gu · 蟲
䷕
#22
Grace
Bi · 賁
䷖
#23
Splitting Apart
Bo · 剝
䷙
#26
The Taming Power of the Great
Da Chu · 大畜
䷚
#27
Nourishment
Yi · 頤
䷞
#31
Influence
Xian · 咸
䷠
#33
Retreat
Dun · 遯
䷦
#39
Obstruction
Jian · 蹇
䷨
#41
Decrease
Sun · 損
䷳
#52
Keeping Still
Gen · 艮
䷴
#53
Development
Jian · 漸
䷷
#56
The Wanderer
Lu · 旅
䷽
#62
Preponderance of the Small
Xiao Guo · 小過