# Hexagram 11: Peace

Canonical page: https://thefreeiching.com/library/11
Last updated: 2026-10-07

```
━━━  ━━━
━━━  ━━━
━━━  ━━━
━━━━━━━
━━━━━━━
━━━━━━━
```

- **Upper trigram:** [Kun 坤](https://thefreeiching.com/trigrams/kun), Earth, the receptive, yielding
- **Lower trigram:** [Qian 乾](https://thefreeiching.com/trigrams/qian), Heaven, the creative, strong
- **Lines, bottom to top:** 111000 (1 = solid yang, 0 = broken yin)

## Contemporary judgment

Peace. The great and the small meet; heaven and earth are in communication. A time of flow, exchange, and mutual support. What has been separate now comes together. Use this moment well; periods of such harmony are rare and ask to be honored with generosity.

## Image

Heaven below and Earth above, the two in interpenetration. The ruler divides and completes the course of heaven and earth and so aids the people.

## Counsel

Share what you have: resources, attention, encouragement. The prosperity of this moment depends on circulation, not on accumulation. Build and renew important relationships while the current supports you. What you plant now will bear fruit for a long time.

## The six lines

*Numbered from the bottom upward. These line texts are read when that line is changing in a cast.*

### Line 1

> A nine at the beginning means:
> When one pulls out ribbon grass, the sod comes with it.
> Each after its kind. Undertakings bring good fortune.

### Line 2

> A nine in the second place means:
> To bear with the uncultivated in gentleness,
> to cross the river resolutely,
> not to neglect what is far,
> not to favor one's companions:
> thus one may succeed in walking in the middle.

### Line 3

> A nine in the third place means:
> No plain that is not followed by a slope,
> no going that is not followed by return.
> Whoever remains persevering in danger is without blame.
> Do not complain about this truth,
> enjoy the happiness you still have.

### Line 4

> A six in the fourth place means:
> He flutters down, not relying on wealth,
> together with his neighbor, unsuspecting and truthful.

### Line 5

> A six in the fifth place means:
> The sovereign I gives his daughter in marriage.
> This brings blessing and sublime good fortune.

### Line 6

> A six at the top means:
> The wall falls back into the moat.
> Now use no armies.
> In your own city, announce your orders.
> Perseverance brings humiliation.

## Related hexagrams

- **Nuclear (lines 2 to 5):** [54 The Marrying Maiden](https://thefreeiching.com/library/54)
- **Inverse (turned upside down):** [12 Standstill](https://thefreeiching.com/library/12)
- **Opposite (every line flipped):** [12 Standstill](https://thefreeiching.com/library/12)

## If one line changes

| Changing line | Relating hexagram |
| --- | --- |
| Line 1 | [46 Pushing Upward](https://thefreeiching.com/library/46) |
| Line 2 | [36 Darkening of the Light](https://thefreeiching.com/library/36) |
| Line 3 | [19 Approach](https://thefreeiching.com/library/19) |
| Line 4 | [34 Great Power](https://thefreeiching.com/library/34) |
| Line 5 | [5 Waiting](https://thefreeiching.com/library/5) |
| Line 6 | [26 Great Taming](https://thefreeiching.com/library/26) |

Previous: [10 Treading](https://thefreeiching.com/library/10). Next: [12 Standstill](https://thefreeiching.com/library/12). [All sixty-four hexagrams](https://thefreeiching.com/library).

*The judgment, image and counsel are original contemporary paraphrases written for The Free I Ching. The line text is the CC0 translation from [jesshewitt/i-ching](https://github.com/jesshewitt/i-ching), derived from Richard Wilhelm's 1924 German edition.*

## Cite this page

The Free I Ching. "Hexagram 11: Peace." https://thefreeiching.com/library/11 (updated 2026-10-07).

*The I Ching is a tool for reflection, not a prediction. Nothing here forecasts events or replaces professional advice. Short quotations with a link back are welcome. Please do not republish a page in full. The open data files at [/data](https://thefreeiching.com/data) are licensed CC BY 4.0.*

---
Source: The Free I Ching (https://thefreeiching.com/library/11). The I Ching is a tool for reflection, not a prediction. Nothing here forecasts events or replaces professional advice.