Hexagram 52, Gèn (Keeping Still): Line 4
艮卦六四 · 艮为山 · 中文版
六四：艮其身，无咎。
The line (Legge)
The fourth SIX, divided, shows its subject keeping his trunk at rest. There will be no error.
Small Image commentary
'He keeps the trunk of his body at rest:' - he keeps himself free (from agitation).
象曰：艮其身，止诸躬也。
In plain words
Keeping the trunk still: no fault. The fourth line is yielding and correct, entering the upper trigram; it keeps itself in check and does not act rashly. The Small Image says it stops in its own person.
Applying it to your situation
If things around you are chaotic, this line suggests first keeping yourself in hand. Which of your own actions should stop now?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the fourth place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is in its proper place. Its partner is line 1; both are yin, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Gèn changes into Hexagram 56 Lǚ (The Wanderer). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·艮之旅.
The hexagram
Hexagram 52 Gèn (Keeping Still). The Judgment: When one's resting is like that of the back, and he loses all consciousness of self; when he walks in his courtyard, and does not see any (of the persons) in it,--there will be no error.
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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.