Humility
qiān · Earth over MountainLet your work speak, and keep yourself a little lower.
亨，君子有終。
Humility opens the way. The image is a mountain sitting beneath the earth: real substance keeping itself low. A person of character can carry this through to the end.
The six lines
初六：謙謙君子，用涉大川，吉。
Humble, and humble again. With this doubled modesty you can cross a great river. The signs are good.
六二：鳴謙，貞吉。
Your modesty has become known, and others can hear it. Staying true keeps this good.
九三：勞謙君子，有終吉。
You work hard and stay modest about it. Carried through to the end, this is the good path.
六四：无不利，撝謙。
Nothing stands against you. Keep showing your humility, and let it spread through what you do.
六五：不富，以其鄰，利用侵伐，无不利。
Without relying on wealth, you can still move your neighbors. If a march against wrongdoers is truly needed, make it. Humility is not always giving way.
上六：鳴謙，利用行師，征邑國。
Your modesty is well known, and now it can serve action. March your troops, but only to set your own towns in order. Start near home.
The I Ching is a tool for reflection. Do not use it as the basis for medical, legal or money decisions.