12. Decline · 否 上九
Line 6 of hexagram 12
In practice
After a period of stagnation comes a stage of growth, well-being and harmony.
The poetry
Stagnation is overturned. First stagnation, then joy.
上九：傾否，先否後喜。
象曰：否終則傾，何可長也。
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