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39. Hexagram 39: Jian — Obstruction

King Wen sequence Hexagram 39, 水山蹇 (Jian, rendered here as Obstruction). Use it only to identify the primary or changed hexagram of the actual cast, after checking the upper and lower trigrams. The English title is a project-internal label whose translation attribution is unverified, and it states no outcome by itself. Its romanisation Jian is shared with Jian; a pinyin hit must not silently pick one of them.

Structure before interpretation

Upper trigram: Water. Lower trigram: Mountain. Line positions are counted from the bottom. The number is the received King Wen order, not the Eight-Palace classification.

  1. Line 1: yin (broken)
  2. Line 2: yin (broken)
  3. Line 3: yang (solid)
  4. Line 4: yin (broken)
  5. Line 5: yang (solid)
  6. Line 6: yin (broken)

Which lines move?

This reference has no casting record, so no moving lines are asserted. Your original cast determines those positions. The changed hexagram follows the recorded moving lines; a glossary definition cannot supply missing casting facts.

Sources and limits

Names and short explanations use the site’s reviewed bilingual terminology collection. These are cultural descriptions, not predictions or professional advice. Distinguish the original Zhou Yi line text from later Najia interpretation methods.

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