Is line 2 of Confinement in its correct place?

It is not in its correct place (不當位): a yang line in an even position or a yin line in an odd one, which the tradition reads as a line under some strain — often the reason a text sounds a warning. It is central (中): the middle line of its trigram, the position the commentaries read as balanced and most favourable.

Hexagram 47, line 2

九二Line 2 of Confinement

Nine in the second place · 困 kùn

confined in plentythe red sash arrivesdo not set out

爻辭 The line text

困于酒食，朱紱方來，利用亨祀，征凶，无咎。

The second line, undivided, shows its subject straitened amidst his wine and viands. There come to him anon the red knee-covers (of the ruler). It will be well for him (to maintain his sincerity as) in sacrificing. Active operations (on his part) will lead to evil, but he will be free from blame.

Its symbolism

困于酒食，中有慶也。

'He is straitened amidst his wine and viands:'—(but) his position is central, and there will be ground for congratulation.

In plain words

Line two is 'confined amid wine and food; the red knee-sash is about to come; favourable to use for sacrifice; setting out brings misfortune, but no blame' (困於酒食，朱紱方來，利用亨祀，徵凶，無咎). A strong line in the central place of Kan, covered by yin lines on both sides, this is the able person whose confinement is comfort — enough to eat and nothing to do. The red sash is the ruler's summons, line five, with which two shares the same strong central nature though they do not formally correspond. The small Image says the central place holds cause for celebration (中有慶也). The text's instruction is to wait with the sincerity of one at a sacrifice; to go out and seek the summons would spoil it.

If this line is changing

Your constraint is comfort rather than hardship, and the recognition you want is on its way; keep yourself sincere and ready, and do not go chasing it.

Where the line stands

A solid line, yang — written 九 (nine), the number of an old yang line that moves when cast.
It is not in its correct place (不當位): a yang line in an even position or a yin line in an odd one, which the tradition reads as a line under some strain — often the reason a text sounds a warning.
It is central (中): the middle line of its trigram, the position the commentaries read as balanced and most favourable.
It belongs to the lower trigram 坎 Kan (the Abysmal) (water).
It has no correspondence (無應) with line 5: both lines are yang, so this line must find its support in its neighbours or in itself.

之卦 When this line moves

困 Confinement becomes ䷬ 45 萃 Assembly

The lake over the earth: waters gathering. Success; the king approaches the temple; see the great man — people gather around sincerity, and a great offering brings good fortune.

What it becomes45 · 萃 Assemblycuì

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Questions about this line

What does Nine in the second place of hexagram 47, Confinement, mean?: Line two is 'confined amid wine and food; the red knee-sash is about to come; favourable to use for sacrifice; setting out brings misfortune, but no blame' (困於酒食，朱紱方來，利用亨祀，徵凶，無咎). A strong line in the central place of Kan, covered by yin lines on both sides, this is the able person whose confinement is comfort — enough to eat and nothing to do. The red sash is the ruler's summons, line five, with which two shares the same strong central nature though they do not formally correspond. The small Image says the central place holds cause for celebration (中有慶也). The text's instruction is to wait with the sincerity of one at a sacrifice; to go out and seek the summons would spoil it.
What does hexagram 47 become when line 2 changes?: Confinement becomes hexagram 45, 萃 Assembly: The lake over the earth: waters gathering. Success; the king approaches the temple; see the great man — people gather around sincerity, and a great offering brings good fortune.
Is line 2 of Confinement in its correct place?: It is not in its correct place (不當位): a yang line in an even position or a yin line in an odd one, which the tradition reads as a line under some strain — often the reason a text sounds a warning. It is central (中): the middle line of its trigram, the position the commentaries read as balanced and most favourable.

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Chinese text: the received Zhouyi (Wuyingdian lineage). English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East XVI, 1882 (public domain).