Hexagram 47, Oppression (Kùn, 困), is formed of the upper trigram Lake (兑) over the lower trigram Water (坎). Below is the classical judgment, the six line texts, and how to read this hexagram in a reading.
The Judgment
Oppression: success is still possible. The great one stays steadfast — good fortune, no blame. Words now find no believers.
亨。贞,大人吉,无咎;有言不信。
Trigrams
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Upper · Lake 兑
joy, openness
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Lower · Water 坎
the abysmal, danger
The outer (upper) trigram Lake describes the situation as it meets the world; the inner (lower) trigram Water describes its inner disposition. Together they set the theme of Oppression.
The Six Lines
初六 · Line 1 Stuck on a bare stump, straying into a dark valley, unseen for three years.臀困于株木,入于幽谷,三岁不觌。
九二 · Line 2 Oppressed even amid wine and food; the scarlet insignia arrives. Offer devotion; campaigning bodes ill.困于酒食,朱绂方来,利用享祀;征凶,无咎。
六三 · Line 3 Blocked by stone, leaning on thorns; entering his house, he finds no wife. Misfortune.困于石,据于蒺藜,入于其宫,不见其妻,凶。
九四 · Line 4 Coming slowly, hindered by the gilded carriage: humiliation, but an end is reached.来徐徐,困于金车,吝,有终。
九五 · Line 5 Punished above and below, oppressed by the crimson insignia: slowly, release comes. Devotion avails.劓刖,困于赤绂,乃徐有说,利用祭祀。
上六 · Line 6 Tangled in vines, teetering: repent of past moves, and advancing brings good fortune.困于葛藟,于臲卼,曰动悔,有悔。征吉。
Reading Hexagram 47 for Your Question
When Oppression appears without changing lines, the judgment above stands as the whole answer. When you cast changing lines (a 6 or a 9), read those line texts first — they are the most specific guidance — then look to the relating hexagram they form for where the situation is heading. For love, career, or a decision, apply the theme of Oppression to your own circumstances rather than reading it as a fixed prediction.
Ask the oracle your own question and see whether Oppression answers.