The Well · Shui Feng Jing
The Well — the shared source that serves the whole town and never runs dry.
The traditional reading
Hexagram 48 is the well in the town square — the deep, shared source from which everyone draws. The well does not change; what changes is the care given to it. Tend the shared foundations — the community, the practice, the relationship that supports many — and keep them clean, so that the water stays sweet for everyone.
Structure of the hexagram
- Lower trigram: Wind (Xun) · Wood
- Upper trigram: Water (Kan) · Water
- House: Thunder (Zhen) · Wood
- Text in the original Chinese: 水风井