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Hexagram 32 · Duration
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Read I Ching hexagram 32, Duration, with its judgment, changing lines, textual layers, sources, and a clearly labeled modern reading.
Chinese text
亨，无咎，利贞，利有攸往。
恒象征长久恒常。通达、无咎、利于守正、利于长远前行。在变化中寻找不变的规律，持之以恒。
初六 浚恒，贞凶，无攸利。
九二 悔亡。
九三 不恒其德，或承之羞，贞吝。
九四 田无禽。
六五 恒其德，贞。妇人吉，夫子凶。
上六 振恒，凶。
English support translation
亨，无咎，利贞，利有攸往。
Lasting constancy brings success and leaves nothing to fault; staying the course is rewarding, and it favors moving ahead.
Initial Six: Demanding lasting commitment before it's earned brings ongoing misfortune -- nothing good comes of forcing it this early.
Nine in the second: Remorse disappears.
Nine in the third: A character that won't hold steady invites shame -- and that embarrassment tends to stick around.
Nine in the fourth: No game in the field.
Six in the fifth: Holding steady to one's nature without deviation -- fitting and fortunate for someone in a supporting role, but a misfortune for someone meant to be leading and deciding.
Six at the top: Making agitation itself your steady state only brings misfortune.