艮为山Gèn · Keeping Still
艮上 · 艮下Mountain doubled
卦辞The Judgement
艮：艮其背，不获其身；行其庭，不见其人，无咎。Gèn. Keeping the back still; not getting hold of the body. Walking in the courtyard; not seeing the people. No fault.
停止、克制、保持安静——这是当下的智慧。艮居东北，五行属土——双山相叠，山外有山，不动如山。东北是“成终成始”之位，万物在这里结束也在这里开始——止住了，才能重新出发。不该动的时候硬动，会出问题。该停就停、动静合宜，才是真正的能力。守住自己的位置和分寸，不越界。
Stopping, holding back, staying quiet — this is the wisdom now. Gèn sits in the northeast, element Earth — two Gèn stacked, mountain beyond mountain, unmoving as a mountain. The northeast is the place of “ending and beginning,” where all things both end and start — only by halting can one set out anew. To force movement when one should stop creates trouble. Knowing when to stop and when to move is the real ability. Hold to your place and your measure; do not cross the line.
大象The Image
《象》曰：兼山，艮；君子以思不出其位。Mountain joined to mountain: the image of Keeping Still. The noble one, accordingly, does not let his thoughts stray beyond his place.
六爻The Six Lines
初六，艮其趾，无咎，利永贞。Keeping still at the toes. No fault. Favorable to be lastingly steadfast and upright.
克制住自己的脚趾（最初的冲动）——艮山初爻，山脚——没有过失，长期保持正道是吉的，没有过失，长期保持正道是吉的。萌动时就停住，最容易。
Hold back even the toes (the first impulse) — Gèn's Mountain, first line, the foot of the mountain — no fault, and long fidelity to the right path is auspicious — no fault; holding the right path over the long run is auspicious. To stop a thing before it stirs is easiest.
六二，艮其腓，不拯其随，其心不快。Keeping still at the calves. Cannot rescue the one above one is bound to follow. The heart is unhappy.
克制小腿（继续往前的冲动）——艮山居中，山腰——但没法救上面的躁动，心里不舒服，但没法救上面的躁动，心里不舒服。强压情绪会内耗。
Restraining the calves (the next step) — Gèn's Mountain centered, the mountainside — unable to rescue the restlessness above, and the heart uneasy — you cannot help the one above whose movement you should join, and your heart is uneasy. Forcing the emotion down causes inner strain.
九三，艮其限，列其夤，厉薰心。Keeping still at the waist. Splitting its sinews. The heat of danger sears the heart.
把腰部止住——艮山唯一的阳爻，山最硬的地方——把上下分隔开，腰背紧绷，强行的克制让人焦灼，把上下分隔开，腰背紧绷。这种强行的克制让人焦灼——不是好状态。
Forcing the waist still — the one yang line of Gèn, the hardest part of the mountain — top and bottom split, the back drawn rigid, the forced restraint scorching — the top and bottom are torn apart, the back is rigid. This kind of forced restraint scorches the heart — it is not a good state.
六四，艮其身，无咎。Keeping still at the trunk. No fault.
克制全身——艮山到四爻，山体——自我约束、安守本分，这是好的状态，能管住自己就是修行，自我约束、安守本分。这是好的状态——能管住自己就是修行。
Restraining the whole body — Gèn's Mountain at the fourth line, the body of the mountain — self-discipline, holding one's place, a good state, and mastering one's own conduct is cultivation — self-discipline, holding one's place. A good state — keeping one's own conduct in hand is cultivation itself.
六五，艮其辅，言有序，悔亡。Keeping still at the jaws. Words have order. Regret vanishes.
克制嘴巴——艮山居中，山最高处——说话有分寸、有秩序，这种自律最难，也最有用，说话有分寸、有秩序。这种自律最难，也最有用——之前的悔意都消失。
Restraining the mouth — Gèn's Mountain centered, the mountain's height — speaking with measure and order, the hardest discipline and the most useful — speaking with measure and order. The hardest restraint, and the most useful — the old regret dissolves.
上九，敦艮，吉。Honestly, sincerely keeping still. Good fortune.
敦厚地、彻底地止住——艮山到极处，山顶——大吉，能完全静下来、回归本心的人，是真正的高人，大吉。能完全静下来、回归本心的人，是真正的高人。
Deeply, thoroughly still — Gèn's Mountain at its extreme, the summit — great good fortune; the one who can wholly settle and return to the heart of things is the true master — great good fortune. The one who can wholly settle and return to the heart of things is the true master.