The old rules, from the image to the reason, from the simplicity to the traditional.
"Xiang" says: There is water on the wood, and a well. A gentleman persuades the minister to waste his life by expending the people.
The upper hexagram is Kan and water, and the lower hexagram is Xun and wood, so it is said that "there is water on the wood." Anyone who has been to the well who drew water knows that due to the lack of sunlight in the well, sometimes there are some bryophytes in the well, but they don’t grow much. This means the evil sign of well hexagram , just like a person is not conducive to growth in a humid place, meaning it is useless.
The wood here also has the meaning of a wooden barrel. In ancient times, when I went to a well to fetch water, I used a wooden barrel, so there was water on the wood. To drive the well water up, you have to pull the wooden barrel from underwater to the well mouth. You cannot give up in the middle. A gentleman observes this hexagram and encourages people to work hard.
well: If you change the city or not, you will have no mourning or gain. When you come and go, the well is blocked, but you have not yet reached the well. It is a bad thing to lose its bottle.
"Tuan" says: Xun is the water and goes up to the water, and it is well. Wells are kept in poverty. "Change the city but not the well" means that it is hard. "When you come and go, the well has not yet reached it." It has not achieved success. "Winning the bottle is a bad thing."
well hexagram: "Xun is water and water is up, well" refers to the process of using a wooden barrel to fetch water.
"The well is raised but not exhausted" means that the well water nourishes people, which lasts for a long time and cannot be used up, so "no loss and no gain", there is no decrease or increase, and there is still so much water.
"Change the city but not change the well" means that people transform the city but will not change the location of the well. It means that the quality of the well is unwavering. Therefore, "it is the middle of the strong", which means that the yang lines of the nine two and nine five are located in the middle of the upper and lower hexagrams respectively.
"When the well comes, the well is not yet hidden." It means that people are digging water from the well and are about to be loaded, but they have not yet come out of the well, which is useless, so it is said, "I have not made any achievements." It means that you must stick to your work to the end. If you cannot travel a hundred miles, it will lead to the final failure.
"Wind the bottle, this is a bad thing", which means to fetch water, but the wooden barrel is broken, which is a dangerous sign.
Shao Yong solution
Still water passes through the source, and the luck is calm; it remains unchanged and maintains the status quo.
Those who get this hexagram should cultivate themselves, take it naturally, and be calm and keep it calm. It is beneficial to be quiet, but it is bad to move.
The divination story
This hexagram, Yang Guifei privately and An Lushan , and you will get it, and you will suffer the consequences.
An Lushan was a general promoted by Yang Guifei, but he rebelled with Shi Siming, causing Yang Guifei to be killed. The well hexagram has the meaning of "exhaust"; exhaust means end, emptiness, and end. Yang Guifei's thoughts on An Lushan can be said to be doing her best, but in the end she was still empty and could not even save her life.
