䷉ Hexagram 10: Treading

Judgment

TREADING. Treading upon the tail of the tiger. It does not bite. Success.

Image

The image of the sky above, and below it the waters of a marsh. Cautious Advance. You should, accordingly, determine what is high and low, and give settlement to the aims of the people.

Description
Hexagram 10 is named 履 (lǚ), “Treading”. Other variations include “treading (conduct)” and “continuing”. Its inner (lower) trigram is ☱ (兌 duì) open = (澤) swamp, and its outer (upper) trigram is ☰ (乾 qián) force = (天) heaven.