Hexagram 12, Pǐ (Standstill): Line 1
否卦初六 · 天地否 · 中文版
初六:拔茅茹,以其汇,贞吉亨。
The line (Legge)
The first SIX, divided, suggests the idea of grass pulled up, and bringing with it other stalks with whose roots it is connected. With firm correctness (on the part of its subject), there will be good fortune and progress.
Small Image commentary
'The good fortune through firm goodness, (suggested by) the pulling up of the grass,' arises from the will (of the parties intended) being bent on (serving) the ruler.
象曰:拔茅贞吉,志在君也。
In plain words
Pulling up couch grass, its roots come up together with others of its kind; steadfastness brings good fortune and success. The words almost repeat the first line of Tai, but this is a time of blockage: here the noble person and their kind hold to what is right and withdraw together, not going with the current. The Small Image says their aim is still with the ruler, not forgetting the world.
Applying it to your situation
If the situation is against you, this line suggests holding to your principles together with like-minded people. In hard times, who can you stand with?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the first place, which is a yang (odd) place, so it is not in its proper place. Its partner is line 4; one is yin and the other yang, so they respond to each other.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Pǐ changes into Hexagram 25 Wú Wàng (Innocence). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·否之无妄.
The hexagram
Hexagram 12 Pǐ (Standstill). The Judgment: In Pi there is the want of good understanding between the (different classes of) men, and its indication is unfavourable to the firm and correct course of the superior man. We see in it the great gone and the little come.
Next: Line 2
English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.