屯：元亨，利貞，勿用有攸往，利建侯。
Beginning Development Gathering Maturity, Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion, Do not apply having a place to go, Advantageous Culmination establishing the goal.

• 象傳: 雲，雷，屯；君子以經綸。
  Cloudy, Thunderous: Difficulty Beginning. The noble person uses guiding principles to bind things together.

初九：磐桓；利居貞，利建侯。
Beginning Nine: The flagstone of the guidepost: Advantageous Culmination in positioning to Align Toward Completion. Advantageous Culmination in establishing the enterprise.

• 象傳: 雖磐桓，志行正也。以貴下賤，大得民也。
  Even though there is a flagstone of the guidepost, this has to do with the heart's will to advance properly. Applying noble expense in a low and humble position, has to do with the great gaining support from the common people.

六二：屯如邅如，乘馬班如。匪寇婚媾，女子貞不字，十年乃字。
Six Second: Like difficulty beginning then changing direction, like riding a horse and managing order over. It is not like taking a wife for marriage by force, the woman Aligning Toward Completion in not procreating, ten harvests before procreating.

• 象傳: 六二之難，乘剛也。十年乃字，反常也。
  Six Second's difficulty, on account of riding unyielding strength. Ten harvests before procreating, on account of constant resistance and opposition.

六三：即鹿无虞，惟入于林中，君子幾不如舍，往吝。
Six Third: Approaching the deer without unease, carefully pondering involvement with the center of this grove, a noble person wonders if it would be better to stay in the guest house, going toward [Fifth Yang] is lacking grace.

• 象傳: 即鹿无虞，以縱禽也。君子舍之，往吝窮也。
  Approaching the deer without unease, on account of means for freedom from beasts. A noble person staying in the guest house this, on account of concluding that going toward [Fifth Yang] is disgraceful.

六四：乘馬班如，求婚媾，往吉，无不利。
Six Fourth: Like riding a horse and managing order over, soliciting marriage, going toward [Beginning Yang] auspicious, not having dis-Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 求而往，明也。
  Soliciting and then going toward, on account of having clarity of perception.

九五：屯其膏，小貞吉，大貞凶。
Nine Fifth: Difficulty extending its fecundity, minor Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, major Aligning Toward Completion inauspicious.

• 象傳: 屯其膏，施未光也。
  Difficulty extending its fecundity, on account of extending without illuminating.

上六：乘馬班如，泣血漣如。
Top Six: Like riding a horse and managing order over, then weeping a river of bloody tears.

• 象傳: 泣血漣如，何可長也。
  Then weeping a river of bloody tears, on account of how it allowed things to develop.

蒙：亨。匪我求童蒙，童蒙求我。初筮告，再三瀆，瀆則不告。利貞。
Incubation of Innocence: Gathering Maturity. It is not that we summon incubation of immature innocence, incubation of immature innocence summons us. The initial divination informs, over and over again inundates and shows disrespect, inundating and disrespecting the standard misinforms. Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 山下出泉，蒙；君子以果行育德。
  At the foot of a mountain emerges a spring, Incubation of Innocence; A noble person uses this to bring something to fruition, acting to nurture virtuous power.

初六：發蒙，利用刑人，用說桎梏，以往吝。
Beginning Six: The incubation of innocence that is the teaching children the fundamentals, Advantageous Culmination in application of their formal discipline, making use of persuasions that bind and constrain, to go away is disgraceful.

• 象傳: 利用刑人，以正法也。
  Advantageous Culmination in application of their formal discipline, on account of using upright standards and models.

九二：包蒙吉；納婦吉；子克家。
Nine Second: Containing incubation of innocence auspicious; the wife storing up within auspicious; offspring bring about family relations.

• 象傳: 子克家，剛柔接也。
  Offspring bring about family relations, on account of the hard and the soft connecting.

六三：勿用取女；見金夫，不有躬，无攸利。
Six Third: Do not put into practice following after, capturing, or yearning for young women; Recognize and percieve the enduring strength of manhood, not possessing personally, without a place for Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 勿用取女，行不順也。
  Do not use following after, capturing, or yearning for young women, on account of acting without accommodating their way.

六四：困蒙，吝。
Six Fourth: Afflicted incubation of innocence, Shame.

• 象傳: 困蒙之吝，獨遠實也。
  The shame of afflicted incubation of innocence, on account of being alone and without companions, separated from prosperity.

六五：童蒙，吉。
Six Fifth: Incubation of immature innocence, good fortune.

• 象傳: 童蒙之吉，順以巽也。
  The good fortune of incubation of immature innocence, on account of accommodating the way for using the yielding and gentle.

上九：擊蒙；不利為寇，利禦寇。
Top Nine: Encountering Incubation of Innocence, Dis-Advantageous Culmination in carrying out pillaging, Advantageous Culmination guarding from pillaging.

• 象傳: 利用禦寇，上下順也。
  Advantageous Culmination putting to use guarding from pillaging, on account of accommodating the course of it from top to bottom.

訟：有孚，窒。惕中吉。終凶。利見大人，不利涉大川。
Contention: There is captivation; blocking. Alertness in the center auspicious. bringing it through to conclusion inauspicious. Advantageous Culmination perceiving the great person, dis-Advantageous Culmination fording a large river.

• 象傳: 天與水違行，訟；君子以作事謀始。
  Heaven and water moving counter to each other, Contention; A noble person uses this to commence engagement with initial planning and considering.

初六：不永所事，小有言，終吉。
Initial Six: Discontinuing from engagement, a little having of talk, in the end auspicious.

• 象傳: 不永所事，訟不可長也。雖有小言，其辯明也。
  Discontinuing from engagement, on account of contention not being permitted to grow. Although there is a little talk, it is on account of its explaining clearly.

九二：不克訟，歸而逋，其邑人三百戶，无眚。
Nine Second: Incapable of contention, returning home and then eluding, its town has three hundred doorways, not having affliction.

• 象傳: 不克訟，歸而逋也。自下訟上，患至掇也。
  Incapable of contention, on account of returning home and then eluding, the self below, contention above, on account of troubles coming to the point of collection.

六三：食舊德，貞厲，終吉，或從王事，无成。
Six Third: Sustaining on established merit, Aligning Toward Completion exerting effort with raised alertness alertness, In the end good fortune, In some cases giving allegiance to serve the King, accomplishing nothing.

• 象傳: 食舊德，從上吉也。
  Sustaining on established merit, because serving what is above is auspicious.

九四：不克訟，復即命渝，安貞吉。
Nine Fourth: Incapable of contention, Going back to take up the mandate changing, securing Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 復即命，渝安貞；不失也。
  Going back to take up the mandate, changing and securing Aligning Toward Completion; On account of not giving up.

九五：訟元吉。
Nine Fifth: Contention Beginning Development auspicious.

• 象傳: 訟元吉，以中正也。
  Contention Beginning Development auspicious, On account of central correctness.

上九：或錫之鞶帶，終朝三褫之。
Top Nine: In some cases presenting them a money belt, by the end of the day three times stripped away.

• 象傳: 以訟受服，亦不足敬也。
  Taking up contention confers responsibility for, in cases like this implying it is not worth bringing awareness to.

小畜：亨。密雲不雨，自我西郊。
Simple Cultivation: Gathering Maturity. Dense clouds but no rain, coming from our western countryside.

• 象傳: 風行天上，小畜；君子以懿文德。
  Wind moving over heaven, Basic Cultivation; A noble person uses this to perfect refinement of virtuosity.

初九：復自道，何其咎，吉。
Beginning Nine: Returning to one's way, how could this have disaster, blame and regret? Auspicious.

• 象傳: 復自道，其義吉也。
  Returning to one's way, on account of their undertaking of responsibility auspiciously.

九二：牽復，吉。
Nine Second: Pulled and guided to return, Auspicious.

• 象傳: 牽復在中，亦不自失也。
  Pulled and guided to return to centrality, particularly in regards to not allowing oneself to forfeit it.

九三：輿說輻，夫妻反目。
Nine Third: The chassis of the carriage expressing power at the wheel-spokes, husband and wife with opposing views.

• 象傳: 夫妻反目，不能正室也。
  Husband and wife with opposing views, on account of lacking capability to conform to upright standards in their living quarters.

六四：有孚，血去惕出，无咎。
Six Fourth: Having captivation, storing its blood and guarding against bringing it forth, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 有孚惕出，上合志也。
  Having captivation and guarding against bringing forth, on account of aligning the heart's purpose above itself.

九五：有孚攣如，富以其鄰。
Nine Fifth: Having captivation via connections, wealthy by means of its neighbor.

• 象傳: 有孚攣如，不獨富也。
  Having captivation via connections, on account of not being alone in wealth.

上九：既雨既處，尚德載，婦貞厲。月幾望，君子征凶。
Top Nine: It has rained and it has stopped, giving precedence to setting down and displaying its virtue power, a married woman Aligning Toward Completion exerting effort with raised altertness. The moon is almost full, a noble person pressing strongly forward inauspicious.

• 象傳: 既雨既處，德積載也。君子征凶，有所疑也。
  It has rained and it has stopped, on account of the virtue power having been gathered and then set down and displayed. A noble person pressing strongly forward inauspicious, on account of having reason for doubt.

履虎尾，不咥人，亨。
Treading upon the tiger's tail, not getting bit, Gathering Maturity.

• 象傳: 上天下澤，履；君子以辨上下，安民志。
  Above heaven below marsh, treading upon; A noble person uses this to distinguish above and below, pacifying the people's heart intent.

初九：素履，往无咎。
Beginning Nine: Innocent treading upon, going along without disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 素履之往，獨行愿也。
  Innocent treading upon's going along, implies walking alone attentively.

九二：履道坦坦，幽人貞吉。
Nine Second: Treading upon the way smoothly and evenly, a secluded and concentrated person Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 幽人貞吉，中不自亂也。
  A secluded and concentrated person Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, because within not having confusing troubles of the self.

六三：眇能視，跛能履，履虎尾，咥人，凶。武人為于大君。
Six Third: Squinting so as to see, limping so as to step, treading upon a tiger's tail, being bit, inauspicious. Martial efforts from great nobility.

• 象傳: 眇能視；不足以有明也。跛能履；不足以與行也，咥人之凶；位不當也。武人為于大君；志剛也。
  Squinting so as to see; due to not having enough to see with clearly. Limping so as to step; due to not having enough to provide for walking, the inauspiciousness of getting bit, on account of the position being unsuitable. Martial effort from great nobility, because the heart's purpose is firm and unyielding.

九四：履虎尾，愬愬，終吉。
Nine Fourth: Treading upon on the tiger's tail, informing on and bringing a claim against, in the end auspicious.

• 象傳: 愬愬終吉，志行也。
  Informing on and bringing a claim against, In the end auspicious, on account of the heart's purpose acting.

九五：夬履，貞厲。
Nine Fifth: Resolute treading upon, Aligning Toward Completion exerting effort with raised alertness.

• 象傳: 夬履貞厲，位正當也。
  Resolute treading upon Aligning Toward Completion exerting effort with raised alertness, on account of being in the right time and place.

上九：視履考祥，其旋元吉。
Top Nine: Evaluating the treading upon and acting, examining the omens, Their circling back around to Beginning Development is auspicious.

• 象傳: 元吉在上，大有慶也。
  Beginning Development auspiciously positioned at the top, implying there is great synchronicity.

泰：小往大來，吉亨。
Tranquility: small goings, great comings, auspicious Gathering Maturity.

• 象傳: 天地交泰，后以財成天地之道，輔相天地之宜，以左右民。
  Heaven and earth joining together as Sublime Peaceful Magesty, A ruler uses their material wealth to complete the way of heaven and earth, aides and ministers the keeping in line with heaven and earth, by means of being at the left and right of the ruler ready to aid and assist the inhabitants of the country.

初九：拔茅茹，以其彙，征吉。
Beginning Nine: Uprooting thatching grass more comes, because of their dense clumping, pressing strongly forward auspicious.

• 象傳: 拔茅征吉，志在外也。
  Uprooting thatching grass and pressing strongly forward auspicious, because the heart's purpose is out there.

九二：包荒，用馮河，不遐遺，朋亡，得尚于中行。
Nine Second: Wrapping around that which is untended to with tolerance, making use of fording a river, not far from casting off, the partnership [of the three Yang lines] is undone, obtaining a position above in the central action.

• 象傳: 包荒，得尚于中行，以光大也。
  Wrapping around that which is untended to with tolerance, obtaining a position above in the central action, on account of shining magnificently.

九三：无平不陂，无往不復，艱貞无咎。勿恤其孚，于食有福。
Nine Third: Without evenness no grades, without going to no returning back, difficulty Aligning Toward Completion without disaster, blame and regret. Do not worry about its captivation, in taking in and receiving there is good fortune.

• 象傳: 无往不復，天地際也。
  Without going no returning back, because heaven and earth are joined together.

六四：翩翩，不富，以其鄰，不戒以孚。
Six Fourth: Freely fluttering light and effortlessly, not full of wealth, leaning on its neighbors, not turning prohibitions into captivation.

• 象傳: 翩翩不富，皆失實也。不戒以孚，中心願也。
  Freely fluttering light and effortlessly, not full of wealth, because in all cases forfeiting possessions and the filling up that leads to substantiality. Not turning prohibitions into captivation, due to centering in the heart-mind's heart-source.

六五：帝乙歸妹，以祉元吉。
Six Fifth: Di Yi marrying off his younger sister, using blessings for Beginning Development auspicious.

• 象傳: 以祉元吉，中以行愿也。
  Using blessings for Beginning Development auspicious, on account of the center making use of action.

上六：城復于隍，勿用師。自邑告命，貞吝。
Top Six: The settlement wall returning back to the moat, do not use the army. The settlement itself proclaims the mandate, Aligning Toward Completion shameful.

• 象傳: 城復于隍，其命亂也。
  The settlement wall returns back to the moat, because its mandate pushes against the current.

否之匪人，不利君子貞，大往小來。
The stoppage and obstructions of negligent people, dis-Advantageous Culmination for noble people's Aligning Toward Completion, much going away, little coming to.

• 象傳: 天地不交，否；君子以儉德辟難，不可榮以祿。
  Heaven and Earth not connecting in reciprocal exchange, Stoppage. A noble person employs frugal efficacy to break through difficulty, not feasible for unfurling into good fortune.

初六：拔茅茹，以其彙，貞吉亨。
Beginning Six: Pulling up thatching grass and the roots come too, by means of its clustering together, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious Gathering Maturity.

• 象傳: 拔茅貞吉，志在君也。
  Uprooting thatching grass Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, Because the heart's purpose is set on nobility.

六二：包承。小人吉，大人否，亨。
Six Second: Accommodating carrying along. Lesser people are fortunate, great people stop, Gathering Maturity.

• 象傳: 大人否亨，不亂群也。
  Great people stop, Gathering Maturity, On account of not getting mixed up with the crowd.

六三：包羞。
Six Third: Accommodating shameful indulgence.

• 象傳: 包羞，位不當也。
  Accommodating shameful indulgence, on account of being positioned inappropriately.

九四：有命，无咎，疇離祉。
Nine Fourth: Having a mandate, without disaster, blame and regret, good fortune leaving the farmland.

• 象傳: 有命无咎，志行也。
  Having a mandate, without disaster, blame and regret, on account of the heart's purpose taking action.

九五：休否，大人吉。其亡其亡，繫于苞桑。
Nine Fifth: Ceasing the stoppage, great people auspicious. They undo their undoings, depending on wrapping themselves in hearth and home.

• 象傳: 大人之吉，位正當也。
  The auspiciousness of great people, on account of positioning themselves upright and appropriately.

上九：傾否，先否後喜。
Top Nine: Overturning stoppage, before stopped, after relieved.

• 象傳: 否終則傾，何可長也。
  Stoppage reaches the end and follows the standard of overturning, because how could it last?

大有：元亨。
Great Possession: Beginning Development Gathering Maturity.

• 象傳: 火在天上，大有；君子以遏惡揚善，順天休命。
  Fire placed above heaven, Great Possession; A noble person uses this to hold back evil and lift up good, complying with the heaven blessed mandate of destiny.

初九：无交害，匪咎，艱則无咎。
Beginning Nine: Let there be no coming into contact with harm, and it has no disaster, blame and regret, there is difficulty conforming without disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 大有初九，无交害也。
  The Great Possession of beginning nine, has to do with not coming into contact with harm.

九二：大車以載，有攸往，无咎。
Nine Second: A great vehicle to use for riding in, having a place to go, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 大車以載，積中不敗也。
  A great vehicle to use for riding in, on account of gathering centrality it is not defeated.

九三：公用亨于天子，小人弗克。
Nine Third: The fair application of Gathering Maturity by the Son of Heaven, no small people are capable of this.

• 象傳: 公用亨于天子，小人害也。
  The fair application of Gathering Maturity by the Son of Heaven, because small people damage it.

九四：匪其彭，无咎。
Nine Fourth: Canceling its impact, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 匪其彭，无咎；明辨晰也。
  Cancelling its impact, not having disaster, blame and regret; has to do with differentiating light clearly.

六五：厥孚交如，威如；吉。
Six Fifth: Their captivation connects with compliance, overawed compliance; auspicious.

• 象傳: 厥孚交如，信以發志也。威如之吉，易而无備也。
  Their captivation connects with compliance, on account of having faith to boldly express their heart's purpose. The auspiciousness of overawed compliance, on account of having change and then being unprepared.

上九：自天祐之，吉无不利。
Top Nine: The Heavenly Self divinely protects this, auspicious without dis-Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 大有上吉，自天佑也。
  Great Possession at the top auspicious, because the Heavenly Self aids and keeps safe.

謙：亨，君子有終。
Humility: Gathering Maturity, The noble person has opportunity to see things through to the end.

• 象傳: 地中有山，謙；君子以裒多益寡，稱物平施。
  Within the earth is a mountain, humble; a noble person employs reducing the abundant and augmenting the deficient, practicing weighing, esteeming, and raising up things with equality.

初六：謙謙君子，用涉大川，吉。
Beginning Six: A humble and unpretentious noble person, takes up crossing the great river, auspicious.

• 象傳: 謙謙君子，卑以自牧也。
  A humble and unpretentious noble person, on account of the lowly taking up self-regulation.

六二：鳴謙，貞吉。
Six Second: Giving voice humbly, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 鳴謙貞吉，中心得也。
  Giving voice humbly Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, on account of having control within the heart-mind.

九三：勞謙，君子有終，吉。
Six Third: Laboring humbly, A noble person has opportunity to see things through to the end, auspicious.

• 象傳: 勞謙君子，萬民服也。
  A noble person laboring humbly, On account of accepting responsibility for the myriad people.

六四：无不利，撝謙。
Nine Fourth: Without dis-Advantageous Culmination, signaling humbly.

• 象傳: 无不利，撝謙；不違則也。
  Without dis-Advantageous Culmination, signaling humbly, On account of not turning away from what is expected.

六五：不富，以其鄰，利用侵伐，无不利。
Six Fifth: Not wealthy, using its neighbors, Advantageous Culmination making use of appropriating the boastful, without dis-Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 利用侵伐，征不服也。
  Advantageous Culmination making use of appropriating the boastful, on account of not taking on personal responsibility for pressing strongly forward.

上六：鳴謙，利用行師，征邑國。
Top Six: Giving voice humbly, Advantageous Culmination employing action as a teacher, pressing strongly forward through the capital city.

• 象傳: 鳴謙，志未得也。可用行師，征邑國也。
  Giving voice humbly, on account of the heart's purpose not being satisfied. Permissible to employ action as a teacher, on account of pressing strongly forward through the capital city.

豫：利建侯，行師。
Excitement: Advantageous Culmination establishing a goal, engaging one's troops.

• 象傳: 雷出地奮，豫。先王以作樂崇德，殷薦之上帝，以配祖考。
  Thunder emerging from the earth roused with excitation, excitement. Former sovereigns used excited merriment to add to and amplify virtuous power, and just when abundant surrendering it to the pinnacle of heaven, by means of coordinating and equally matching with one's ancient lineage.

初六：鳴豫，凶。
Beginning Six: Giving voice to excitement, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 初六鳴豫，志窮凶也。
  Beginning Six giving voice to excitement, because the heart's purpose pushes to the limit inauspiciously.

六二：介于石，不終日，貞吉。
Six Second: In between rocks, not to the end of the day, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 不終日，貞吉；以中正也。
  Not to the end of the day, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious; because it uses centrality correctly.

六三：盱豫，悔。遲有悔。
Six Third: Wide eyed excitement, regrettable. Procrastinating has regret.

• 象傳: 盱豫有悔，位不當也。
  Wide eyed excitement has regret, because the position is inappropriate.

九四：由豫，大有得。勿疑。朋盍簪。
Nine Fourth: Making use of excitement, great possession is acquired. Do not have doubts. Banding together as a group why not use a pin to hold it together?

• 象傳: 由豫，大有得；志大行也。
  Making use of excitement, great possession is acquired; because the heart's purpose is greatly engaging.

六五：貞疾，恆不死。
Six Fifth: Aligning Toward Completion about a source of dis-ease, persevering not dying.

• 象傳: 六五貞疾，乘剛也。恆不死，中未亡也。
  Six Fifth Aligning Toward Completion about a source of dis-ease, because it rides upon rigid firmness [Fourth Yang]. Persevering not dying, because it maintains centrality and has not run away.

上六：冥豫，成有渝，无咎。
Top Six: Faded excitement, completely fulfilled and shifting, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 冥豫在上，何可長也。
  Faded excitement existing at the top, because how could it last?

隨：元亨利貞，无咎。
Following the way: Beginning Development Gathering Maturity Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 澤中有雷，隨；君子以嚮晦入宴息。
  Within Marsh there is Thunder, Following the way; a noble person uses the coming of darkness to participate in resting and releasing.

初九：官有渝，貞吉。出門交有功。
Beginning Nine: Governing with change, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious. Going out of the gate and engaging with something to work on and accomplish.

• 象傳: 官有渝，從正吉也。出門交有功，不失也。
  Governing with change, because attending to things correctly is auspicious. Going out of the gate and engaging with something to work on and accomplish, due to not forfeiting it.

六二：系小子，失丈夫。
Six Second: Connecting to the little boy, forfeiting the grown man.

• 象傳: 係小子，弗兼與也。
  Connecting to the little boy, because it does not impartially associate with it.

六三：系丈夫，失小子。隨有求得，利居貞。
Six Third: Connecting to the grown man, forfeiting the little boy. Following the way where there is asking for and then receiving. Advantageous Culmination dwelling in Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 系丈夫，志舍下也。
  Connecting to the grown man, because the heart's purpose is to part with what is beneath it.

九四：隨有獲，貞凶。有孚在道，以明，何咎。
Nine Fourth: Following the way with perfect aim, Aligning Toward Completion inauspicious. Having captivation in dao, using light, what disaster, blame and regret?

• 象傳: 隨有獲，其義凶也。有孚在道，明功也。
  Following the way with perfect aim, because its righteousness is inauspicious. Having captivation in dao, because of its light work (ming gong).

九五：孚于嘉，吉。
Nine Fifth: Captivation arriving at praiseworthy esteem, auspicious.

• 象傳: 孚于嘉，吉；位正中也。
  Captivation arriving at praiseworthy esteem, auspicious; due to positioning correctly in the center.

上六：拘系之，乃從維之。王用亨于西山。
Top Six: Apprehend connection to this, then follow the way to brace it. The sovereign practicing Gathering Maturity [for a feast] in the Western Mountains.

• 象傳: 拘系之，上窮也。
  Apprehending connection to this, due to the top being the limit.

蠱：元亨，利涉大川。先甲三日，後甲三日。
Blight: Beginning Development Gathering Maturity, Advantageous Culmination fording a great river. Before Jia three days, after Jia three days.

• 象傳: 山下有風，蠱；君子以振民育德。
  Beneath the mountain there is wind, blight; A noble person uses this to aid people in developing virtue power.

初六：幹父之蠱，有子，考无咎，厲終吉。
Beginning Six: Handling the father's blight, with children, it passes on without disaster, blame and regret, exerting effort with raised alertness all the way to the end auspicious.

• 象傳: 幹父之蠱，意承考也。
  Handling the father's blight, because the heart's purpose is set on undertaking what the father passed on.

九二：幹母之蠱，不可貞。
Nine Second: Handling the mother's blight, must not Align Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 幹母之蠱，得中道也。
  Handling the mother's blight, on account of obtaining the middle of the way.

九三：幹父之蠱，小有悔，无大咎。
Nine Third: Handling the father's blight, a little occasion for misfortune, without great disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 幹父之蠱，終无咎也。
  Handling the father's blight, because getting all the way to the end is without disaster, blame and regret.

六四：裕父之蠱，往見吝。
Six Fourth: Endowing the father's blight, going toward [First Yang] is seen as lacking grace.

• 象傳: 裕父之蠱，往未得也。
  Endowing the father's blight, because going toward is still not possible.

六五：幹父之蠱，用譽。
Six Fifth: Handling the father's blight, making use of reputation.

• 象傳: 干父之蠱；承以德也。
  Handling the father's blight; undertaking use of virtue power.

上九：不事王侯，高尚其事。
Top Nine: Not concerned with or undertaking the affairs of kings and rulers, high and lofty affairs are its concern.

• 象傳: 不事王侯，志可則也。
  Not concerned with or undertaking the affairs of kings and rulers, because the heart's purpose bears the standard.

臨：元，亨，利，貞。至于八月有凶。
Overseeing: Beginning Development, Gathering Maturity, Advantageous Culmination, Aligning Toward Completion. Getting as far as the eighth month and there is inauspiciousness.

• 象傳: 澤上有地，臨；君子以教思无窮，容保民无疆。
  Marsh going up to hold the earth, Overseeing; A noble person uses this to teach inexhaustible consideration.

初九：咸臨，貞吉。
Beginning Nine: All encompassing overseeing, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 咸臨貞吉，志行正也。
  All encompassing overseeing, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, on account of the heart's purpose acting according to proper standards.

九二：咸臨，吉无不利。
Nine Second: All encompassing overseeing, auspicious without dis-Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 咸臨，吉无不利；未順命也。
  All encompassing overseeing, auspicious without dis-Advantageous Culmination; on account of not yet amenable to assigning mandates.

六三：甘臨，无攸利。既憂之，无咎。
Six Third: Overseeing with pleasure, without a place for Advantageous Culmination. Soon after troubled by this, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 甘臨，位不當也。既憂之，咎不長也。
  Overseeing with pleasure, on account of being positioned inappropriately. Soon after troubled by this, is the reason for blame not growing.

六四：至臨，无咎。
Six Fourth: Accomplishing overseeing, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 至臨无咎，位當也。
  Accomplishing overseeing, not having disaster, blame and regret, on account of being positioned appropriately.

六五：知臨，大君之宜，吉。
Six Fifth: Mastering overseeing, This is suitable for a great lord, auspicious.

• 象傳: 大君之宜，行中之謂也。
  This is suitable for a great lord, because this speaks to acting with centrality.

上六：敦臨，吉无咎。
Top Six: Sincere overseeing, auspicious without disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 敦臨之吉，志在內也。
  Sincere overseeing's auspiciousness, on account of the heart's purpose residing internally.

觀：盥而不薦，有孚顒若。
Careful Contemplation: Making an offering to the spirits but not making a sacrifice, there is captivation of a considerable likeness.

• 象傳: 風行地上，觀；先王以省方，觀民設教。
  Wind acting upon the earth below, Careful Contemplation; Former sovereigns used this to scrutinize the proper measure of things in the four directions, carefully contemplating humankind and establishing teachings.

初六：童觀，小人无咎，君子吝。
Beginning Six: A boy carefully contemplating, the young person without disaster, blame and regret, a noble person lacking grace.

• 象傳: 初六童觀，小人道也。
  Beginning Six a boy carefully contemplating, because this is a small person's way.

六二：闚觀，利女貞。
Six Second: Looking out of a small opening to catch a glimpse and carefully contemplating, Advantageous Culmination for a woman Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 窺觀女貞，亦可醜也。
  Looking out of a small opening to catch a glimpse and carefully contemplating a woman Aligning Toward Completion, because for her it is permissible to push past the edges of graceful patience.

六三：觀我生，進退。
Six Third: Carefully contemplating our existence, advancing and retreating.

• 象傳: 觀我生，進退；未失道也。
  Carefully contemplating our existence, advancing and retreating; because of not yet losing the way that leads somewhere.

六四：觀國之光，利用賓于王。
Six Fourth: Carefully considering the territory's glow, Advantageous Culmination making use of being the guest of a sovereign.

• 象傳: 觀國之光，尚賓也。
  Carefully considering the territory's glow, because it places special importance on being an honored guest and respecting its host.

九五：觀我生，君子无咎。
Nine Fifth: Carefully contemplating our existence, a noble person does not have disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 觀我生，觀民也。
  Carefully contemplating our existence, because it carefully contemplates humankind.

上九：觀其生，君子无咎。
Top Nine: Carefully contemplating its existence, a noble person does not have disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 觀其生，志未平也。
  Carefully contemplating its existence, because the heart's purpose is not yet equanimous.

噬嗑：亨。利用獄。
Biting Through: Gathering Maturity. Advantageous Culmination making use of confinement.

• 象傳: 雷電噬嗑；先王以明罰敕法。
  Thunder and lightning biting through; Former sovereigns counseled for rectification on upholding the standard of the law by bringing illumination with minor legal punishments.

初九：屨校滅趾，无咎。
Beginning Nine: Shoes held down by wooden stocks to halt the movement of the feet, the foundation, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 屨校滅趾，不行也。
  Shoes held down by wooden stocks to halt the movement of the feet, the foundation, because it [their movement] is not permitted.

六二：噬膚滅鼻，无咎。
Six Second: Biting shallowly, only for outward show, closing the nose to the smell, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 噬膚滅鼻，乘剛也。
  Biting shallowly, only for outward show, closing the nose to the smell, because it rides upon firmness [First Yang].

六三：噬臘肉，遇毒；小吝，无咎。
Six Third: Biting aged meat, discovering poison; a little shame, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 遇毒，位不當也。
  Discovering poison, because the position is unsuitable.

九四：噬乾胏，得金矢，利艱貞，吉。
Nine Fourth: Biting for Qian in dried meat and bone, obtaining an enduring vow, Advantageous Culmination in arduous Aligning Toward Completion, auspicious.

• 象傳: 利艱貞吉，未光也。
  Advantageous Culmination in arduous Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, because it is still not glowing brightly.

六五：噬乾肉，得黃金，貞厲，无咎。
Six Fifth: Biting for Qian in meat, obtaining gold, Aligning Toward Completion exerting effort with raised alertness, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 貞厲无咎，得當也。
  Aligning Toward Completion exerting effort with raised alertness not having disaster, blame and regret, because it obtains suitability.

上九：何校滅耳，凶。
Top Six: Carrying a cangue on the shoulders to stop ears from hearing, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 何校滅耳，聰不明也。
  Carrying a cangue on the shoulders to stop ears from hearing, because their perception failed to comprehend.

賁：亨。小利有攸往。 Refinement: Gathering Maturity. Small Advantageous Culmination having a place to go.

• 象傳: 山下有火，賁；君子以明庶政，无敢折獄。
  Under the mountain there is fire, Refinement; A noble person uses light, clear perception, and bright illumination, for all kinds of governing, without daring to adjudicate sentences.

初九：賁其趾，舍車而徒。
Beginning Nine: Refining its foundation, Giving up the carriage and then walking.

• 象傳: 舍車而徒，義弗乘也。
  Giving up the carriage and then walking, on account of not correctly profiting from its bearing.

六二：賁其須。
Six Second: Refining its wants and needs.

• 象傳: 賁其須，與上興也。
  Refining its wants and needs, on account of the arising of involvement above.

九三：賁如濡如，永貞吉。
Nine Third: Refining as if imbued in water, Lasting Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 永貞之吉，終莫之陵也。
  Auspiciousness of lasting Aligning Toward Completion, because all the way to the end in no instance does it transgress.

六四：賁如皤如，白馬翰如，匪寇婚媾。
Six Fourth: Refinement as if like purifying whiteness repeatedly like this, White horses soar like this, It is not plundering marital relations.

• 象傳: 六四，當位疑也。匪寇婚媾，終无尤也。
  Six Fourth, has to do with undertaking responsibility for the position without clarity. It is not plundering marital relations, implying getting all the way to the end without error.

六五：賁于丘園，束帛戔戔，吝，終吉。
Six Fifth: Refining on a hill garden, bringing silk together finely finely, testing its patience, all the way to the end auspicious.

• 象傳: 六五之吉，有喜也。
  Six Fifth's Auspiciousness, On account of having reason for joy.

上九：白賁，无咎。
Top Nine: White refinement, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 白賁无咎，上得志也。
  White Refinement not having disaster, blame and regret, on account of ascending to satisfy the heart's purpose.

剝：不利有攸往。
Stripping Away: Dis-Advantageous Culmination having a place to go toward.

• 象傳: 山附地上，剝；上以厚下，安宅。
  A mountain depending on being above the earth, Stripping Away; The top accords its genuine substance toward those below, securing its residence.

初六：剝床以足，蔑貞凶。
Beginning Six: A wasting away of the platform through the legs, rejecting Aligning Toward Completion inauspiciously.

• 象傳: 剝床以足，以滅下也。
  A wasting away of the platform through the legs, due to a deficiency in what is at the bottom.

六二：剝床以辨，蔑貞凶。
Six Second: A wasting away of the platform through the joints, rejecting Aligning Toward Completion inauspiciously.

• 象傳: 剝床以辨，未有與也。
  A wasting away of the platform through the joints, because it is still not connecting through.

六三：剝之，无咎。
Six Third: Stripping it away, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 剝之无咎，失上下也。
  Stripping it away not having disaster, blame and regret, because it loses sight of caring for what comes from the top to the bottom.

六四：剝床以膚，凶。
Six Fourth: A wasting away of the platform through to the skin, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 剝床以膚，切近災也。
  A wasting away of the platform through to the skin, due to coming into direct contact and chafing.

六五：貫魚，以宮人寵，无不利。
Six Fifth: A string of fish, using palace maids to dote on and show favor, without dis-Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 以宮人寵，終无尤也。
  Using palace maids to dote on and show favor, so all the way to the end it is without fault.

上九：碩果不食，君子得輿，小人剝廬。
Top Nine: Large accomplishments are no longer undertaken, a noble person obtains a carriage, a small person wastes away in a hovel.

• 象傳: 君子得輿，民所載也。小人剝廬，終不可用也。
  A noble person obtains a carriage, because common folk are there to load the carriage. A small person wastes away in a hovel, because in coming to the end of life one must not use it up.

復：亨。出入无疾，朋來无咎。反復其道，七日來復，利有攸往。
Returning: Gathering Maturity. Going out then coming in without cause for trouble, gathering together to come back does not have disaster, blame and regret. Turning around and returning back, Seven days of coming back and returning, Advantageous Culmination having a place to go.

• 象傳: 雷在地中，復；先王以至日閉關，商旅不行，后不省方。
  Thunder residing within the earth, Returning; Kings of old made use of the winter solstice by sealing off the country, travelers and merchants not moving, the sovereign not examining in all directions.

初九：不遠復，无祗悔，元吉。
Beginning Nine: Not separated from returning, Without respect blame, Beginning Development auspicious.

• 象傳: 不遠之復，以修身也。
  Not separated from its returning, on account of making use of personal refinement.

六二：休復，吉。
Six Second: Desisting and returning, auspicious.

• 象傳: 休復之吉，以下仁也。
  Auspiciousness of desisting and returning, has to do with the means to lower kindness.

六三：頻復，厲无咎。
Six Third: Continuously returning, exerting effort with raised alertness does not have disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 頻復之厲，義无咎也。
  Continuously returning's exerting effort with raised alertness, because it is upright it does not have disaster, blame and regret.

六四：中行獨復。
Six Fourth: finding the center of balance in action, independently returning.

• 象傳: 中行獨復，以從道也。
  Finding the center of balance in action, independently returning, on account of complying with its way.

六五：敦復，无悔。
Six Fifth: Sincerely returning, without regret.

• 象傳: 敦復无悔，中以自考也。
  Sincerely returning without regret, on account of finding the center of balance by means of self-examination.

上六：迷復，凶，有災眚。用行師，終有大敗，以其國君，凶；至于十年，不克征。
Top Six: Losing the way of returning, inauspicious, having calamity and blame. Making use of engaging authority, at the end having utter defeat, by means of its territory ruler, inauspicious; Even in ten years, Unable to press strongly forward.

• 象傳: 迷復之凶，反君道也。
  The inauspiciousness of losing the way of returning, on account of overturning the noble way.

无妄：元亨，利貞。其匪正有眚，不利有攸往。
Without Falseness: Beginning Development Gathering Maturity, Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion. One does not conform to standards by having deviations, dis-Advantageous Culmination having a place to go.

• 象傳: 天下雷行，物與无妄；先王以茂對時，育萬物。
  Heaven sending down and thunder acting, phenomena synchronizes without falseness. Kings of old used this to fully stand up to the moment, nourishing and nurturing countless phenomena.

初九：无妄，往吉。
Beginning Nine: Without Falseness, going toward auspicious.

• 象傳: 无妄之往，得志也。
  The going toward of Without Falseness, on account of this acquiring the heart's purpose.

六二：不耕獲，不菑畬，則利有攸往。
Six Second: Harvesting without having tilled, seeding without having prepared the soil, following the principle of Advantageous Culmination having a place to go.

• 象傳: 不耕獲，未富也。
  Harvesting without having tilled, on account of being without amassing of abundance.

六三：无妄之災，或繫之牛，行人之得，邑人之災。
Six Third: Without Falseness's disaster, sometimes when tying up an ox, a person wandering by takes it, and the town people having a disaster on their hands.

• 象傳: 行人得牛，邑人災也。
  A passerby taking an ox, has to do with the town people's disaster.

九四：可貞，无咎。
Nine Fourth: Permissible to Align Toward Completion, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 可貞无咎，固有之也。
  Permissible to Align Toward Completion not having disaster, blame and regret, on account of securely possessing it.

九五：无妄之疾，勿藥有喜。
Nine Fifth: Without Falseness's dis-ease, do not use medicine and remedies to get better.

• 象傳: 无妄之藥，不可試也。
  Without Falseness's medicine, on account of not allowing it to be taken.

上九：无妄，行有眚，无攸利。
Top Nine: Without Falseness, action has deviance, there is no place for Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 无妄之行，窮之災也。
  Without Falseness's action, because depleting resources to their exhaustion has disaster.

大畜：利貞，不家食吉，利涉大川。
Profound Cultivation: Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion, not eating at home auspicious, Advantageous Culmination fording a great river.

• 象傳: 天在山中，大畜；君子以多識前言往行，以畜其德。
  Heaven residing within a mountain, Profound Cultivation; A noble person uses this to accrue insight, familiarity, and experience before talking about going to do something, by means of cultivating their virtue power.

初九：有厲利已。
Beginning Nine: There is exerting effort with raised alertness alertness Advantageous Culmination stopping this.

• 象傳: 有厲利已，不犯災也。
  There is exerting effort with raised alertness alertness Advantageous Culmination stopping this, on account of not infringing on disaster.

九二：輿說輹。
Nine Second: The carriage chassis expressing strength through the part that holds the carriage to the axle.

• 象傳: 輿說輹，中无尤也。
  The carriage chassis expressing strength through the part that holds the carriage to the axle, because it is centered without blame.

九三：良馬逐，利艱貞。曰閑輿衛，利有攸往。
Nine Third: A finely bred horse chasing after something, Advantageous Culmination with challenging Aligning Toward Completion. Saying 'protect the carriage cabin', Advantageous Culmination having a place to go toward.

• 象傳: 利有攸往，上合志也。
  Advantageous Culmination having a place to go toward, on account of the heart's intent to unite with what is above it.

六四：童牛之牿，元吉。
Nine Fourth: A young ox's wooden crosspiece that keeps its horns from doing damage, Beginning Development auspicious.

• 象傳: 六四元吉，有喜也。
  Six Fourth Beginning Development auspicious, on account of having consummation.

六五：豶豕之牙，吉。
Six Fifth: A gelded pig's tusks, auspicious.

• 象傳: 六五之吉，有慶也。
  Six Fifth's auspiciousness, on account of having the favor of heaven.

上九：何天之衢，亨。
Top Six: Carrying Heaven's thoroughfare, Gathering Maturity.

• 象傳: 何天之衢，道大行也。
  Carrying heaven's thoroughfare, because this is the way of profound action.

頤：貞吉。觀頤，自求口實。
Nourishment: Aligning Toward Completion auspicious. Contemplating nourishment, the hungry mouth seeks to fill itself to repletion.

• 象傳: 山下有雷，頤；君子以慎言語，節飲食。
  Below the mountain there is thunder, nourishment; A noble person uses this to be mindful of the reality of speech in a conversation, limiting and moderating what is drunk (imbibed for swallowing) and eaten (received for consumption).

初九：舍爾靈龜，觀我朵頤，凶。
Beginning Nine: Setting aside your spiritual tortoise, watching me and chewing up nourishment, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 觀我朵頤，亦不足貴也。
  Watching me and chewing up nourishment, because in this case it is not valuable enough.

六二：顛頤，拂經，于丘頤，征凶。
Six Second: Top down nourishment, dusting off the guiding principles, from the farmland nourishment, pressing strongly forward inauspicious.

• 象傳: 六二征凶，行失類也。
  Six Second pressing strongly forward inauspicious, because its acting fails to match the needs of the group.
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  Here the light from above shines down upon the earth and things grow. Guiding principles are necessary for sustainable cultivation of farmlands. With too much ambition comes a forfeiting of the measure by which nature is healthy and a source of nourishment. Being patient and following guiding principles is humble and slow. It does not attempt to grasp all of the light for itself, but understands that it just can be patient and open to receive, and day by day it will grow.
  
  This means not clearcutting thousands of acres to plant one crop. The answer to this type of imbalance will manifest itself. Patiently accepting what is given, one receives and follows the guidelines as they become clear, like the branches and leaves of plants turning slowly to fill in the places where light shines. Thus one harmonizes with all around itself, and as all follow these guiding principles together, ecosystems are born.
  
  Thus the principle of Top Down nourishment is one wherein there is receiving from above, that manifests so as to nourish what is below. While it is inappropriate for Second Yin to cross over, Sixth Yang is already doing the crossing over. Second Yin just needs to patiently away what is able to filter through from the lines above on its way from Top to Bottom. Trying to rush the process by eliminating the participants above is to invite disaster. Patiently working with what comes through to the bottom adapts to the needs of the group. This is how roots grow strong - strong wood grows slowly over a long time.

六三：拂頤，貞凶，十年勿用，无攸利。
Six Third: Clearing a way for nourishment, Aligning Toward Completion inauspicious, for ten years do not make use of it, without a place for Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 十年勿用，道大悖也。
  For ten years do not make use of it, because it opposes the way of greatness.

六四：顛頤，吉，虎視眈眈，其欲逐逐，无咎。
Six Fourth: Top down nourishment, auspicious, a tiger staring piercingly and severely, its desire to chase after and pursue, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 顛頤之吉，上施光也。
  Top down nourishment's auspiciousness, on account of the top extending light.

六五：拂經，居貞吉，不可涉大川。
Six Fifth: Dusting off the guiding principles, residing in Aligning Toward Completion, must not ford a great river.

• 象傳: 居貞之吉，順以從上也。
  Residing in Aligning Toward Completion's auspiciousness, on account of using compliance as basis for following the top.

上九：由頤，厲吉，利涉大川。
Top Nine: Nourishment derives from this, exerting effort with raised alertness auspicious, Advantageous Culmination fording a great river.

• 象傳: 由頤厲吉，大有慶也。
  Nourishment's source exerting effort with raised alertness, on account of great possession of heavenly favor.

大過：棟橈，利有攸往，亨。
Great Exceeding: The ridgepole bends, Advantageous Culmination having someplace to go, Gathering Maturity.

• 象傳: 澤滅木，大過；君子以獨立不懼，遯世无悶。
  Marsh flooding wood, Great Exceeding; A noble person uses this to establish independence fearlessly, Retreating and for a generation without worries.

初六：藉用白茅，无咎。
Beginning Six: A mat made of white thatching grass, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 藉用白茅，柔在下也。
  A mat made of white thatching grass, has to do with softness placed at the bottom.

九二：枯楊生稊，老夫得其女妻，无不利。
Nine Second: A withered poplar creating shoots, An older man acquires a younger woman to take as his wife, without dis-Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 老夫女妻，過以相與也。
  An older man acquires a younger woman to take as a wife, has to do with exceeding on account of according with one another.

九三：棟橈，凶。
Nine Third: The ridgepole bends, Inauspicious.

• 象傳: 棟橈之凶，不可以有輔也。
  Inauspiciousness of the ridgepole bending, on account of inability to have support.

九四：棟隆，吉；有它吝。
Nine Fourth: The ridgepole arching prominently, Auspicious; Having something for another is shameful.

• 象傳: 棟隆之吉，不橈乎下也。
  Auspiciousness of the ridgepole arching prominently, on account of not bending so it falls.

九五：枯楊生華，老婦得士夫，无咎无譽。
Nine Fifth: A withered poplar creating flowers, An older woman acquires a younger husband, no blame, no praise.

• 象傳: 枯楊生華，何可久也。老婦士夫，亦可醜也。
  A withered poplar creating flowers, because how could it possibly persist? An older woman and a younger husband, implying in this case allowing the scandalous.

上六：過涉滅頂，凶，无咎。
Top Six: Excessively fording and the head goes under the water, inauspicious, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 過涉之凶，不可咎也。
  Excessively fording's inauspiciousness, is such that it must not be blamed.

坎：習坎，有孚，維心亨，行有尚。
Suspension in Abyss: Repeated suspension in abyss, there is captivation, bracing the heart-mind's Gathering Maturity, conduct has precedence.

• 象傳: 水洊至，習坎；君子以常德行，習教事。
  Water again and again to the furthest degree, repeated suspension in abyss; a noble person makes use of constant virtuous conduct, and puts into practice the occasion for teaching and instructing.

初六：習坎，入于坎窞，凶。
Beginning Six: Repeated suspension in abyss, opening into the pit of the abyss, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 習坎入坎，失道凶也。
  Repeated suspension in abyss opening into [the pit of the] abyss, because losing the way is inauspicious.

九二：坎有險，求小得。
Nine Second: Suspension with a strategic pass, small aspirations are possible.

• 象傳: 求小得，未出中也。
  Small aspirations are possible, on account of not yet going out from the middle.

六三：來之坎坎，險且枕，入于坎窞，勿用。
Six Third: The arrival of suspension in abyss upon suspension in abyss, both a strategic pass and a hard pillow, giving entrance to suspension in a cave, do not make use of this.

• 象傳: 來之坎坎，終无功也。
  The arrival of suspension in abyss upon suspension in abyss, because in the end it is without accomplishment.

六四：樽酒簋貳，用缶，納約自牖，終无咎。
Six Fourth: A goblet for wine and various types of vessels for grain, the making use of vessels that contain, giving entrance to taking in and receiving a binding and containing pact through their window, through to the end not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 樽酒簋貳，剛柔際也。
  A goblet for wine and various types of vessels for grain, on account of the firm and the yielding converging.

九五：坎不盈，祗既平，无咎。
Nine Fifth: Suspended in an abyss not full to excessive overflowing, only just leveling off, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 坎不盈，中未大也。
  Suspended in an abyss not full to excessive overflowing, because in the middle it is still not great.

上六：係用徽纆，寘于叢棘，三歲不得，凶。
Top Six: Binding together using cord and rope, setting up in regards to a collection of red dates, for three years not managing it, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 上六失道，凶三歲也。
  Top six forfeiting the way, because of an inauspicious three years.

離：利貞，亨。畜牝牛，吉。
Distinct from having separated even as coherent due to remaining inherently connected to what is now gone: Coherence: Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion, Developing Maturation. Domestic cultivation of female ox, auspicious.

• 象傳: 明兩作離，大人以繼明照于四方。
  Bright clarity, paired, making Coherence, Great people use this to amplify bright clarity to illuminate all four directions.

初九：履錯然，敬之无咎。
Beginning Nine: The steps are criss-crossed and disordered, however, respecting this does not have disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 履錯之敬，以辟咎也。
  The steps are criss-crossed and disordered's respecting this, on account of using it to break away from disaster, blame and regret.

六二：黃離，元吉。
Six Second: Yellow Coherence, Beginning Development auspicious.

• 象傳: 黃離元吉，得中道也。
  Yellow Coherence Beginning Development auspicious, due to obtaining the middle of the way.

九三：日昃之離，不鼓缶而歌，則大耋之嗟，凶。
Nine Third: The declining hours of the day's Coherence, not beating the drum (opens in a new tab) but then singing, The standard of great longevity's exclaiming its distinction, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 日昃之離，何可久也。
  The declining hours of the day's Coherence, because how could it endure?

九四：突如其來如，焚如，死如，棄如。
Nine Fourth: It arrives like suddenly bursting forth, then burns, then dies, then is lost.

• 象傳: 突如其來如，无所容也。
  It arrives like suddenly bursting forth, let there be no place for accommodating this.

六五：出涕沱若，戚嗟若，吉。
Six Fifth: Like bringing forth gushing tears, then intimate companions exclaiming what's wrong, auspicious.

• 象傳: 六五之吉，離王公也。
  Six Fifth's auspiciousness, due to Coherence with kings and high dignitaries.

上九：王用出征，有嘉折首，獲匪其醜，无咎。
Top Nine: A king makes use of coming forth and pressing strongly forward [be it in a punitive declaration, a military advance, imposing a fine, going on a long expedition, etc], having commendable adjudicating and subduing of its core, captivating those not of its disgracefulness, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 王用出征，以正邦也。
  A king makes use of coming forth and pressing strongly forward, has to do with taking up governing of the state.

咸，亨，利貞，取女吉。
Affecting, Gathering Maturity, Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion, Reaching to the feminine auspicious.

• 象傳: 山上有澤，咸，君子以虛受人。
  Mountain Rising to hold the Marsh, Affecting, The noble person uses emptiness to receive others.

初六，咸其拇。
Beginning Six: Affecting one's big toe.

• 象傳: 咸其拇，志在外也
  Affecting one's big toe, has to do with the heart's purpose going ahead.

六二，咸其腓，凶，居吉。
Six Second: Affecting one's calf, inauspicious, centrality auspicious.

• 象傳: 雖凶居吉，順不害也。
  Even though inauspicious, placed auspiciously, on account of accommodating no harm.

九三，咸其股，執其隨，往吝。
Nine Third: Affecting one's thigh, attached to its pursuing, going along with this is impatient and lacking grace.

• 象傳: 咸其股，亦不處也。志在隨人，所執下也。
  Affecting one's thigh, because it too does not stop. The heart's purpose is set to pursue after others, on account of holding with those below.

九四，貞吉，悔亡，憧憧往來，朋從爾思。
Nine Fourth: Aligning Toward Completion Auspicious, Misfortune vanishes, Indecisively circling round and round going away and coming to, like this thinking about banding together in partnership.

• 象傳: 貞吉悔亡，未感害也。憧憧往來，未光大也。
  Aligning Toward Completion auspicious and misfortune vanishing, on account of not yet affecting the heart harmfully. Indecisively circling round and round going away and coming to, on account of not yet glowing brightly in the darkness.

九五，咸其脢，无悔。
Nine Fifth: Affecting the sides of one's back, without misfortune.

• 象傳: 咸其脢，志末也。
  Affecting the sides of one's back, because the heart is holding with what is secondary.

上六，咸其輔頰舌。
Top Six: Affection in its cheeks supporting the tongue.

• 象傳: 咸其輔頰舌，滕口說也。
  Affection in its cheeks supporting the tongue, on account of gushing in the mouth to express.

恆：亨，无咎，利貞，利有攸往。
Constancy: Gathering Maturity, not having disaster, blame and regret, Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion, Advantageous Culmination having a place to go toward.

• 象傳: 雷風，恆；君子以立不易方。
  Thunder and wind, constancy; A noble person uses this to take a firm stand unchangeable in any direction.

初六：浚恆，貞凶，无攸利。
Beginning Six: Dredging out constancy, Aligning Toward Completion inauspicious, without a place for Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 浚恆之凶，始求深也。
  Dredging out constancy's inauspiciousness, due to in the beginning searching for depth.

九二：悔亡。
Nine Second: Remorse vanishes.

• 象傳: 九二悔亡，能久中也。
  Nine second remorse vanishing, because it is able to endure in the center.

九三：不恆其德，或承之羞，貞吝。
Nine Third: Not preserving one's virtue power, sometimes acknowledging this with modesty, Aligning Toward Completion is impatient.

• 象傳: 不恆其德，无所容也。
  Not constant with one's virtue power, due to not having a place to accommodate this.

九四：田无禽。
Nine Fourth: The field is without beasts to hunt.

• 象傳: 久非其位，安得禽也。
  Due to the enduring absence of one having a position, where could one secure beasts to hunt?

六五：恆其德，貞，婦人吉，夫子凶。
Six Fifth: Constancy in its virtuous power, Aligning Toward Completion, for a married woman auspicious, for a noble man inauspicious.

• 象傳: 婦人貞吉，從一而終也。夫子制義，從婦凶也。
  A married woman Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, on account of being faithful to her spouse to the end. A noble man acts according to a proper design, so following the wife is inauspicious.

上六：振恆，凶。
Top Six: Shocked constancy, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 振恆在上，大无功也。
  Due to shocked constancy existing at the top, it is greatly without accomplishment.

遯：亨，小利貞。
Drawing Away From: Gathering Maturity, small Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 天下有山，遯；君子以遠小人，不惡而嚴。
  Below heaven there is a mountain, drawing away from; A noble person uses this to create distance from small people, not feeling revulsion for but being careful of so as to remain dignified.

初六：遯尾，厲，勿用有攸往。
Beginning Six: Drawing away from the tail and rear end of it, exerting effort with raised alertness, do not make use of having a place to go toward.

• 象傳: 遯尾之厲，不往何災也。
  Drawing away from the tail and rear end of it's exerting effort with raised alertness, because in not going toward it what catastrophe can there be?

六二：執之用黃牛之革，莫之勝說。
Six Second: Adhering and holding tightly in control of this and making use of a yellow ox's hide, in no instance of this dominating or surpassing its persuasion.

• 象傳: 執用黃牛，固志也。
  Adhering and holding tightly in control and making use of a yellow ox's hide, because this fortifies the heart's resolve.

九三：係遯，有疾厲，畜臣妾吉。
Nine Third: Bound to drawing away from, there is urgent and anxious exerting of effort with raised alertness, domestic cultivation of receptive subjects auspicious.

• 象傳: 係遯之厲，有疾憊也。畜臣妾吉，不可大事也。
  Bound to drawing away from's exerting of effort with raised alertness, because there is an underlying issue creating anxiety and urgency that one is weary of and exhausted from. Domestic cultivation of receptive subjects auspicious, because this is allowable in a major undertaking.

九四：好遯，君子吉，小人否。
Nine Fourth: Amicable drawing away from, for a noble person auspicious, for a small person obstruction.

• 象傳: 君子好遯，小人否也。
  A noble person amicably drawing away from, because as a small person there is obstruction.

九五：嘉遯，貞吉。
Nine Fifth: Praiseworthy drawing away from, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 嘉遯貞吉，以正志也。
  Praiseworthy drawing away from and Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, because it uses the proper regulation of the heart's purpose.

上九：肥遯，无不利。
Top Nine: Comfortable and easy drawing away from, without dis-Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 肥遯，无不利；无所疑也。
  Comfortable and easy drawing away from, without dis-Advantageous Culmination; because it is without a place for doubts.

大壯：利貞。
Great Strength: Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 雷在天上，大壯；君子以非禮勿履。
  Thunder placed on top of heaven, Great Strength; A noble person uses absence of appropriateness so as to not step upon.

初九：壯于趾，征凶，有孚。
Beginning Nine: Strength in the feet, pressing strongly forward inauspicious, there is captivation.

• 象傳: 壯于趾，其孚窮也。
  Strength in the feet, because its captivation is exhaustible.

九二：貞吉。
Nine Second: Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 九二貞吉，以中也。
  Nine Second Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, On account of using centrality.

九三：小人用壯，君子用罔，貞厲。羝羊觸藩，羸其角。
Nine Third: Small people make use of strength, a noble person makes use of a weaving and netting, Aligning Toward Completion exerting effort with raised alertness. A ram collides with a hedge, entangling its horns.

• 象傳: 小人用壯，君子罔也。
  Small people making use of strength, has to do with a noble person making use of weaving and netting.

九四：貞吉悔亡，藩決不羸，壯于大輿之輹。
Nine Fourth: Aligning Toward Completion auspicious regret vanishes, The hedge breaks open dis-entangling, Strength comes from the great carriage chassis' axle mounts.

• 象傳: 藩決不羸，尚往也。
  The hedge breaks open disentangling, on account of putting going ahead.

六五：喪羊于易，无悔。
Six Fifth: Losing the ram vis-a-vis change, without regret.

• 象傳: 喪羊于易，位不當也。
  Losing the ram vis-a-vis change, implying the position is unsuitable.

上六：羝羊觸藩，不能退，不能遂，无攸利，艱則吉。
Top Six: Ram collides with a hedge, it cannot go back, it cannot go forward, without place for Advantageous Culmination, with difficult work comes good fortune.

• 象傳: 不能退，不能遂，不祥也。艱則吉，咎不長也。
  It cannot go back, it cannot go forward, implying an unfavorable omen. With difficult work comes good fortune, having to do with the disaster, blame and regret not worsening.

晉：康侯用錫馬蕃庶，晝日三接。
Pushing Forward: The Prince of Kang (opens in a new tab) makes use of being awarded a horse to breed many more, three receptions in a single day.

• 象傳: 明出地上，晉；君子以自昭明德。
  Light emerging from within the earth, Pushing Forward; A noble person uses the virtuous light of self-illumination.

初六：晉如，摧如，貞吉。罔孚，裕无咎。
Beginning Six: Like pushing forward, then getting pushed backward, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious. Ensnaring captivation, enrichment without disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 晉如，摧如；獨行正也。裕无咎；未受命也。
  Like pushing forward, then getting pushed backward; on account of acting according to standards on one's own. Enrichment without disaster, blame and regret; on account of not yet receiving a mandate.

六二：晉如，愁如，貞吉。受茲介福，于其王母。
Six Second: Like pushing forward, then sadness, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious. Here accepting position as a go-between favorable, with regard to one's queen mother.

• 象傳: 受玆介福，以中正也。
  Here accepting position as a go-between beneficial, on account of using centering and rectification.

六三：眾允，悔亡。
Six Third: The masses trust, losing remorse.

• 象傳: 眾允之，志上行也。
  The masses trust this, on account of the heart's purpose moving up.

九四：晉如碩鼠，貞厲。
Nine Fourth: Like the Pushing Forward of a large rodent, Aligning Toward Completion exerting effort with raised alertness.

• 象傳: 碩鼠貞厲，位不當也。
  A large rodent Aligning Toward Completion exerting effort with raised alertness, on account of the position being unsuitable.

六五：悔亡，失得勿恤，往吉，无不利。
Six Fifth: Losing remorse, Do not worry over the loss of ability, going to is auspicious, without dis-Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 失得勿恤，往有慶也。
  Do not worry over the loss of ability, on account of going to having favor.

上九：晉其角，維用伐邑，厲吉无咎，貞吝。
Top Nine: Pushing Forward its horns, Upholding making use of attacking the capital, exerting effort with raised alertness auspicious not having disaster, blame and regret, Aligning Toward Completion disgraceful.

• 象傳: 維用伐邑，道未光也。
  Upholding making use of attacking the capital, implying this course is without illumination or glory.

明夷：利艱貞。
Subduing of Light: Advantageous Culmination with difficult Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 明入地中，明夷；君子以蒞眾，用晦而明。
  Light entering into Earth, Subduing of Light; A noble person uses this to merge with the multitude, having used up the darkness to the last lunar night, then light.

初九：明夷于飛，垂其翼。君子于行，三日不食，有攸往，主人有言。
Beginning Nine: Light Injured while flying, Drooping one's wings. A noble person decides to move, three days without acceptance, having a place to go, those with influence have occasion for gossip.

• 象傳: 君子于行，義不食也。
  A noble person decides to move, on account of not accepting social responsibilities.

六二：明夷，夷于左股，用拯馬壯，吉。
Six Second: Subduing of Light, Subduing arriving at the left thigh, availing oneself to rescue by a strong horse, auspicious.

• 象傳: 六二之吉，順以則也。
  Six Second's auspiciousness, has to do with compliance by means of conformity.

九三：明夷于南狩，得其大首，不可疾貞。
Nine Third: The Subduing of Light arriving on the southern hunt, Attaining its great apex, it must not rush Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 南狩之志，乃大得也。
  The heart's purpose on the southern hunt, has to do with there acquiring great control.

六四：入于左腹，獲明夷之心，出于門庭。
Six Fourth: Infiltrating at the left side of the belly, acquiring the Subdued Light's heart-mind, emerging from the main hall gate.

• 象傳: 入于左腹，獲心意也。
  Infiltrating at the left side of the belly, has to do with acquiring the regard of the heart-mind.

六五：箕子之明夷，利貞。
Six Fifth: JiZi (opens in a new tab)'s Subdued Light, Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 箕子之貞，明不可息也。
  JiZi's Aligning Toward Completion, because the light must not give up.

上六：不明晦，初登于天，後入于地。
Top Six: No light the last lunar night, First climbing to heaven, after entering into the earth.

• 象傳: 初登于天，照四國也。後入于地，失則也。
  First, climbing to heaven, on account of radiating light in four territories. After, entering into the earth, on account of forfeiting the standard.

家人：利女貞。
Family: Advantageous Culmination in women Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 風自火出，家人；君子以言有物，而行有恆。
  Wind issuing from fire, Family; A noble person uses this to talk about what is going on with things, and then act with constancy.

初九：閑有家，悔亡。
Beginning Nine: The gate at home is shut, remorse disappears.

• 象傳: 閑有家，志未變也。
  The gate at home is shut, on account of the heart's will not adapting to changes.

六二：无攸遂，在中饋，貞吉。
Six Second: Not having a place to progress to, residing at the center maintaining and nurturing, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 六二之吉，順以巽也。
  Six Second's auspiciousness, is on account of accommodating and complying with by means of gentle adaptability.

九三：家人嗃嗃，悔厲吉；婦子嘻嘻，終吝。
Nine Third: Strictness and scolding in the family, regret, exerting effort with raised alertness auspicious; a married woman exclaiming and laughing, ultimately shameful.

• 象傳: 家人嗃嗃，未失也；婦子嘻嘻，失家節也。
  Strictness and scolding in the family, on account of still not giving up on; A married woman exclaiming and laughing, on account of giving up on moderation.

六四：富家，大吉。
Six Fourth: The household is blessed, Great fortune.

• 象傳: 富家大吉，順在位也。
  The household is blessed great fortune, on account of accommodation to the position that is held.

九五：王假有家，勿恤，往吉。
Nine Fifth: Kingship depends upon having a household, do not heartache, going toward is auspicious.

• 象傳: 王假有家，交相愛也。
  Kingship depends upon having a household, has to do with exchange of mutual partiality.

上九：有孚威如，終吉。
Top Nine: Having captivation as if authoritarian, concluding things auspicious.

• 象傳: 威如之吉，反身之謂也。
  The auspiciousness of being authoritarian like, on account of countering personally by speaking to.

睽：小事吉。
Dissimilarities: Minor undertakings auspicious.

• 象傳: 上火下澤，睽；君子以同而異。
  Above fire below marsh, dissimilar; a noble person used this to join together with and then differentiate.

初九：悔亡，喪馬勿逐，自復；見惡人无咎。
Beginning Nine: Misfortune goes away, failing to keep the horse do not run after it, it returns on its own; receiving bad people without finding fault or blaming.

• 象傳: 見惡人，以辟咎也。
  Receiving bad people, because it has the means to clear away the faults it finds.

九二：遇主于巷，无咎。
Nine second: Happening upon the master in an alley, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 遇主于巷，未失道也。
  Happening upon the master in an alley, because one is not yet forfeiting the way.

六三：見輿曳，其牛掣，其人天且劓，无初有終。
Six Third: Seeing the base of the carriage wearing away and dragging behind, its ox holding back, its person heaven is about to punish, without beginning yet coming to an end.

• 象傳: 見輿曳，位不當也。无初有終，遇剛也。
  Seeing the base of the carriage wearing away and dragging behind, because the position is inappropriate. Without beginning yet coming to an end, due to happening upon rigid inflexibility.

九四：睽孤，遇元夫，交孚，厲无咎。
Nine Fourth: Dissimilar and alone, unaffiliated, happening upon Beginning Development with a man [First Yang], encountering captivation, exerting effort with raised alertness to not have disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 交孚无咎，志行也。
  Encountering captivation and not having disaster, blame and regret, due to conducting the heart's purpose.

六五：悔亡，厥宗噬膚，往何咎。
Six Fifth: Remorse disappears, its ancestors champ on the skin, how could going toward [Second Yang] have disaster, blame and regret?

• 象傳: 厥宗噬膚，往有慶也。
  Its ancestors champ on the skin, because going toward has the favor of heaven.

上九：睽孤，見豕負塗，載鬼一車，先張之弧，後說之弧，匪寇婚媾，往遇雨則吉 。
Top Nine: Dissimilar and alone, unaffiliated, Seeing a pig and accepting there will be mud, a full carriage carrying ghosts, initially drawing the bow, afterward slackening the bow, not thieving wedding and conciliating, wending forward and happening upon rain; conforming to the proper standard of things is auspicious.

• 象傳: 遇雨之吉，群疑亡也。
  Being caught in the rain's auspiciousness, because of the herd's hesitancy to run.

蹇：利西南，不利東北；利見大人，貞吉。
Struggle: Advantageous Culmination to the SouthWest, dis-Advantageous Culmination to the NorthEast; Advantageous Culmination perceiving the great person, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 山上有水，蹇；君子以反身修德。
  Above mountain there is water, struggle; a noble person uses this to turn themselves around, look within themselves, and practice cultivation of virtuous power.

初六：往蹇，來譽。
Beginning Six: Going toward is a struggle, abiding in receptivity has praise.

• 象傳: 往蹇來譽，宜待也。
  Going toward is a struggle abiding in receptivity has praise, because this is properly suited for attending to and preparing for.

六二：王臣蹇蹇，匪躬之故。
Six Second: The King's aid has struggle after struggle, neglecting their own self for its [Fifth Yang's] sake.

• 象傳: 王臣蹇蹇，終无尤也。
  The King's aid has struggle after struggle, [neglecting their own self for its purpose], because all the way to the conclusion it is without fault or regret.

九三：往蹇來反。
Nine Third: Going toward is a struggle abiding in receptivity reverses it.

• 象傳: 往蹇來反，內喜之也。
  Going toward is a struggle abiding in receptivity reverses it, because of the felicitous rapport inside of this.

六四：往蹇來連。
Six Fourth: Going toward is a struggle abiding in receptivity merges with.

• 象傳: 往蹇來連，當位實也。
  Going toward is a struggle abiding in receptivity merges with, on account of being equally matched [with Third Yang] in solid positions.

九五：大蹇朋來。
Nine Fifth: Great struggle in banding together with those it awaits the arrival of.

• 象傳: 大蹇朋來，以中節也。
  Great struggle banding together with those it awaits the arrival of, because it uses the moderation of centrality.

上六：往蹇來碩，吉；利見大人。
Top Six: Going toward is a struggle abiding in receptivity is majestic, auspicious; Advantageous Culmination perceiving the great person.

• 象傳: 往蹇來碩，志在內也。利見大人，以從貴也。
  Going toward is a struggle receiving what comes is majestic, because the heart's purpose is placed internally. Advantageous Culmination perceiving the great person, on account of it using conforming to what is noble.

解：利西南，无所往，其來復吉。有攸往，夙吉。
Solution: Advantageous Culmination SouthWest, without a place to go, its coming back auspicious. Having a place to go, earlier better.

• 象傳: 雷雨作，解；君子以赦過宥罪。
  Thunder and rain (a thunderstorm) commence, Solution; A noble person uses this to set aside punishment for transgressions and forgive those with blame.

初六：无咎。
Beginning Six: Not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 剛柔之際，義无咎也。
  Hard and soft's connection, due to its rightmindedness it does not have disaster, blame and regret.

九二：田獲三狐，得黃矢，貞吉。
Nine Second: Catching three foxes in the fields, obtaining a yellow arrow, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 九二貞吉，得中道也。
  Nine Second Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, on account of obtaining the middle of the way.

六三：負且乘，致寇至，貞吝。
Six Third: Both carrying and carried by, attracting the arrival of takers, Aligning Toward Completion shameful.

• 象傳: 負且乘，亦可醜也，自我致戎，又誰咎也。
  Both carrying and carried by, on account of in this case permitting shamefulness, self-fulfilling conflict, because then again who else is to blame.

九四：解而拇，朋至斯孚。
Nine Fourth: Solving your thumb, friends arrive in this way captivated,.

• 象傳: 解而拇，未當位也。
  Solving your thumb, because it it still not appropriately positioned.

六五：君子維有解，吉；有孚于小人。
Six Fifth: A noble person preserves by having solutions, auspicious; having captivation with regard to smaller people.

• 象傳: 君子有解，小人退也。
  A noble person having solutions, because smaller people step back.

上六：公用射隼于高墉之上，獲之，无不利。
Top Six: The Duke shoots a falcon from the top of the high wall, captures it, without dis-Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 公用射隼，以解悖也。
  The Duke shoots a falcon, this is means for solving opposition and resolving confusion.

損：有孚，元吉，无咎，可貞，利有攸往。曷之用，二簋可用享。
Restraining: There is captivation, Beginning Development auspicious, not having disaster, blame and regret, possible to Align Toward Completion, Advantageous Culmination having a place to go. How this is practiced, two round food vessels make possible offerings.

• 象傳: 山下有澤，損；君子以懲忿窒欲。
  At the foot of the mountain there is marsh, Restraining; A noble person uses this to hold anger in check and block desires.

初九：巳事遄往，无咎，酌損之。
Beginning Nine: At Si Hour engaging in quickly going, not having disaster, blame and regret, consider restraining it.

• 象傳: 巳事遄往，尚合志也。
  At Si Hour quickly going, on account of placing importance on joining together with the heart's purpose.

九二：利貞，征凶，弗損，益之。
Nine Second: Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion, Pressing strongly forward inauspicious, not restraining it, enabling it.

• 象傳: 九二利貞，中以為志也。
  Nine Second Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion, on account of using the basis of centrality to carry out the heart's purpose.

六三：三人行，則損一人；一人行，則得其友。
Six Third: With three people walking, one person conforms to restraint; with one person walking, they conform to acquiring a companion.

• 象傳: 一人行，三則疑也。
  With one person walking, because with three conforming to uncertainty.

六四：損其疾，使遄有喜，无咎。
Six Fourth: Restraining its dis-ease, hurrying to send a message about the occasion for celebration, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 損其疾，亦可喜也。
  Restraining its dis-ease, on account of there being a case for possible joy.

六五：或益之，十朋之龜弗克違，元吉。
Six Fifth: Sometimes enabling it, not ten pairs of tortoise shells can go against it, Beginning Development auspicious.

• 象傳: 六五元吉，自上佑也。
  Six Fifth Beginning Development auspicious, on account of support raising itself up.

上九：弗損益之，无咎，貞吉，有攸往，得臣无家。
Top Nine: Not restraining it enabling it, not having disaster, blame and regret, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, having a place to go, acquiring a subject without a household.

• 象傳: 弗損益之，大得志也。
  Not restraining it enabling it, on account of greatly achieving the heart's purpose.

益：利有攸往，利涉大川。
Enabling: Advantageous Culmination having a place to go, Advantageous Culmination fording a large river.

• 象傳: 風雷，益；君子以見善則遷，有過則改。
  Wind and Thunder, Enabling; A noble person practices displaying goodness and following change for the better, having exceeded the standard, alternating.

初九：利用為大作，元吉，无咎。
Beginning Nine: Advantageous Culmination effecting the carrying out of great commencement, Beginning Development auspicious, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 元吉无咎，下不厚事也。
  Beginning Development auspicious not having disaster, blame and regret, because at the bottom not fully engaged.

六二：或益之，十朋之龜弗克違，永貞吉。王用享于帝，吉。
Six Second: In some cases enabling it, not ten pairs of turtle shells can go against it, completely Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, a king offers it to the gods, auspicious.

• 象傳: 或益之，自外來也。
  In some cases enabling it, on account of it being foreign.

六三：益之用凶事，无咎。有孚中行，告公用圭。
Six Third: Enabling by means of unfortunate affairs, not having disaster, blame and regret. Having captivated the central movement, Proclaiming public use of the sundial.

• 象傳: 益用凶事，固有之也。
  Enabling by means of unfortunate affairs, on account of firmly owning up to it.

六四：中行，告公從。利用為依遷國。
Six Fourth: Central movement, announcing public allegiance. Advantageous Culmination practicing service following along with change for the betterment of the state.

• 象傳: 告公從，以益志也。
  Announcing public allegiance, has to do with taking up enabling of the heart's purpose.

九五：有孚惠心，勿問元吉。有孚惠我德。
Nine Fifth: There is captivation of kind-heartedness, do not question Beginning Development auspicious. Having captivation of kindness it is I who am blessed.

• 象傳: 有孚惠心，勿問之矣。惠我德，大得志也。
  There is captivation of kind-heartedness, do not question this now. Kindness blesses me, on account of greatly acquiring the heart's purpose.

上九：莫益之，或擊之，立心勿恆，凶。
Top Nine: In no instance enabling it, In some cases confronting it, Taking a stand of the heart without constancy, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 莫益之，偏辭也。或擊之，自外來也。
  In no instance enabling it, because of sideways explanations. In some cases confronting it, on account of it being foreign.

姤：女壯，勿用取女。
Meeting with yin: women in their prime, do not use following after, capturing, or yearning for women.

• 象傳: 天下有風，姤；后以施命誥四方。
  Under heaven there is wind, encountering; a ruler uses this to impose a decree instructing the four directions.

初六：繫于金柅，貞吉，有攸往，見凶，羸豕孚蹢躅。
Beginning Six: Linking together with as an enduring sweetheart tree, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, having a place to go, receiving is inauspicious, a weary pig is captured by its hoof tracks.

• 象傳: 繫于金柅，柔道牽也。
  Linking together with as an enduring sweetheart tree, because of its soft, flexible way of linking together with.

九二：包有魚，无咎，不利賓。
Nine Second: Accommodating with fish, not having disaster, blame and regret, dis-Advantageous Culmination treating them as a guest.

• 象傳: 包有魚，義不及賓也。
  Accommodating with fish, because what is proper does not reach the guest.

九三：臀无膚，其行次且，厲，无大咎。
Nine Third: At the foundation this is without substance, further more it [Third Yang] marches second in line, exerting effort with raised alertness, not having great disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 其行次且，行未牽也。
  Further more it marches second in line, Because its marching has still not been linked together with.

九四：包无魚，起凶。
Nine Fourth: Accommodating without fish, getting up for them inauspicious.

• 象傳: 无魚之凶，遠民也。
  Without fish's [getting up for them] inauspicious, because it is distancing itself from common folk.

九五：以杞包瓜，含章，有隕自天。
Nine Fifth: By means of willow baskets and gourds, holding back its distinguished insignia, possession falls to one from heaven.

• 象傳: 九五含章，中正也。有隕自天，志不舍命也。
  Nine Fifth holding back its distinguished insignia, because it centers itself within upright conduct. Possession falls to one from heaven, because the heart's purpose is not giving up the mandate of destiny.

上九：姤其角，吝，无咎。
Top Nine: Meeting with one's horns, low tolerance, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 姤其角，上窮吝也。
  Meeting with one's horns, because at the top having come to the end of their low tolerance.

萃：亨。王假有廟，利見大人，亨，利貞。用大牲吉，利有攸往。
Assembling: Gathering Maturity. Kingship depends upon having an ancestral temple, Advantageous Culmination perceiving the great person, Gathering Maturity, Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion. Making use of great sacrifice auspicious. Advantageous Culmination having a place to go.

• 象傳: 澤上於地，萃；君子以除戎器，戒不虞。
  Marsh above in regards to earth, assembling; A noble person uses this to set aside weapons, taking precaution against the unexpected.

初六：有孚不終，乃亂乃萃，若號一握為笑，勿恤，往无咎。
Beginning Six: Having captivation but not come to the end of it, thus jumbled and blurred, then assembled, like marking a single hug as an indication of favor, do not heartache, going toward does not have disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 乃亂乃萃，其志亂也。
  Thus jumbled and blurred, then assembled, on account of their heart's purpose being jumbled and blurred.

六二：引吉，无咎，孚乃利用禴。
Six Second: Drawing through auspicious, not having disaster, blame and regret, captivation and then Advantageous Culmination making use of the summer offering.

• 象傳: 引吉无咎，中未變也。
  Drawing through auspicious not having disaster, blame and regret, on account of having centrality and being without alternation.

六三：萃如，嗟如，无攸利，往无咎，小吝。
Six Third: Like assembling, then sighing, without a place for Advantageous Culmination, going toward does not have disaster, blame and regret, a little shame and impatience.

• 象傳: 往无咎，上巽也。
  Going toward not having disaster, blame and regret, on account of rising up with gentleness and obedience.

九四：大吉，无咎。
Nine Fourth: Highly auspicious, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 大吉无咎，位不當也。
  Highly auspicious not having disaster, blame and regret, because its position is unsuitable for it.

九五：萃有位，无咎。匪孚，元永貞，悔亡。
Nine Fifth: Assembling with position, not having disaster, blame and regret. It is not yet captivated, Beginning Development all the way to Aligning Toward Completion, misfortune disappears.

• 象傳: 萃有位，志未光也。
  Assembling with position, because the goal is not yet illuminated.

上六：齎咨涕洟，无咎。
Top Six: Provided with discouragement and heartache, weeping and bawling, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 齎咨涕洟，未安上也。
  Provided with discouragement and heartache, weeping and bawling, on account of not yet settling down so as to secure the top.

升：元亨，用見大人，勿恤，南征吉。
Beginning Development Gathering Maturity, Employing perceiving the Great Person, Never worry, A southern pressing strongly forward auspicious.

• 象傳: 地中生木，升；君子以順德，積小以高大。
  Within the earth exists wood, Rising up; Noble people employ conforming to virtuous power, Storing up the small to make into the lofty and great.

初六：允升，大吉。
Beginning Six: Welcomed to rise up, greatly auspicious.

• 象傳: 允升大吉，上合志也。
  Welcomed to rise up, greatly auspicious, because rising up brings together the heart's purpose.

九二：孚乃利用禴，无咎。
Nine Second: Captivation following the Advantageous Culmination employed by the Summer Offering, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 九二之孚，有喜也。
  Nine Second's captivation, on account of having something to celebrate.

九三：升虛邑。
Nine Third: Rising into an empty city.

• 象傳: 升虛邑，无所疑也。
  Rising into an empty city, on account of letting there be no place for doubts.

六四：王用亨于岐山，吉无咎。
Six Fourth: The king uses Gathering Maturity in regards to Mount Qi, auspicious without disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 王用亨于岐山，順事也。
  The king uses Gathering Maturity in regards to Mount Qi, on account of complying with affairs.

六五：貞吉，升階。
Six Fifth: Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, Rising up the rungs.

• 象傳: 貞吉升階，大得志也。
  Aligning Toward Completion auspicious rising up the rungs, on account of greatly satisfying the heart's purpose.

上六：冥升，利于不息之貞。
Top Six: Unseen rising up, Advantageous Culmination not pausing this Aligning toward Completion.

• 象傳: 冥升在上，消不富也。
  Unseen rising up exists at the top, on account of disappearing with no wealth.

困：亨，貞，大人吉，无咎，有言不信。
In Difficulty: Gathering Maturity, Aligning Toward Completion, great people auspicious, not having disaster, blame and regret, with explanations not believed.

• 象傳: 澤无水，困；君子以致命遂志。
  Marsh without water, in difficulty; a noble person uses this to deliver a mandate to follow through with the heart's purpose.

初六：臀困于株木，入于幽谷，三歲不覿。
Beginning Six: The bottom of it is in difficulty from tree stumps, passing into a dark valley, three years without being seen again.

• 象傳: 入于幽谷，幽不明也。
  Passing into a dark valley, because it is shrouded from the light.

九二：困于酒食，朱紱方來，利用享祀，征凶，无咎。
Nine Second: In difficulty from drink and food, a red seal-cord means arrives, Advantageous Culmination providing a banquet in ceremonial offering, pressing strongly forward inauspicious, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 困于酒食，中有慶也。
  In difficulty from drink and food, because striking the right balance is what has blessings.

六三：困于石，據于蒺蔾，入于其宮，不見其妻，凶。
Six Third: In difficulty from stone, grasping at thorns, going into one's dwelling place, not being received by one's wife, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 據于蒺蔾，乘剛也。入于其宮，不見其妻，不祥也。
  Grasping at thorns, due to riding the hard and inflexible. Going into one's dwelling place, not being received by one's wife, this is not a good omen.

九四：來徐徐，困于金車，吝，有終。
Nine Fourth: It [First Yin] arrives slowly but surely, in difficulty from a metal carriage, lacking in grace, there is a conclusion.

• 象傳: 來徐徐，志在下也。雖不當位，有與也。
  Arriving slowly but surely, because the heart's purpose is situated at the bottom (depressed). Because even though it is an unsuitable position, there is a joining together with [Fourth Yang].

九五：劓刖，困于赤紱，乃徐有說，利用祭祀。
Nine Fifth: Nose and feet cut off, as difficulty for one with the red seal-cord, only then slowly but surely providing an explanation, Advantageous Culmination participating in a ceremonial offering.

• 象傳: 劓刖，志未得也。乃徐有說，以中直也。利用祭祀，受福也。
  Nose and feet cut off, because the heart's purpose is situated at the bottom (depressed). Only then slowly but surely providing an explanation, due to making use of centrality to face head on and take on responsibility. Advantageous Culmination participating in a ceremonial offering, due to receiving favor and good fortune.
  
  

上六：困于葛藟，于臲卼，曰動悔。有悔，征吉。
Top Six: In difficulty from entanglement, from unsteady teetering on the edge, shifting into movement is inauspicious. Having inauspiciousness, pressing strongly forward auspicious.

• 象傳: 困于葛藟，未當也。動悔，有悔吉，行也。
  In difficulty from entanglement, due to nothing being appropriate. From unsteady teetering on the edge, having inauspiciousness auspicious, due to of what it puts into action.

井：改邑不改井，无喪无得，往來井井。汔至，亦未繘井，羸其瓶，凶。
The Well: The town changes but not the well, not having loss or gain, going and coming orderly and clean. When running dry, without using a well rope, it just trickles into ones jar, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 木上有水，井；君子以勞民勸相。
  Above wood there is water, the well; a noble person uses this to encourage the common people to diligently aid each other in mutual support.

初六：井泥不食，舊井无禽。
Beginning Six: The well clay is not taking in and receiving, an old well that is without birds and beasts.

• 象傳: 井泥不食，下也。舊井无禽，時舍也。
  The well clay is not taking in and receiving, an old well that is without birds and beasts, because it is at the bottom. An old well that is without birds and beasts, due to a period of abandonment.

九二：井谷射鮒，瓮敝漏。
Nine Second: The well valley spurts out fish, The pottery worn, deteriorated and leaking.

• 象傳: 井谷射鮒，无與也。
  The well valley spurts out fish, because it does not give any assistance.

九三：井渫不食，為我心惻，可用汲，王明，並受其福。
Nine Third: That the well is filtered and cleansed but not taken in and received, is the source of my heart sorrow, it is possible to make use of drawing water from the well, to the king this is clearly evident, what is more is that one simultaneously receives good fortune.

• 象傳: 井渫不食，行惻也。求王明，受福也。
  That the well is filtered and cleansed but not taken in and received, due to proceeding with sorrow and suffering. Seeking out the king's illumination, because it accepts and takes in good fortune.

六四：井甃，无咎
Six Fourth: A well with brickwork and masonry does not have misfortune, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 井甃无咎，修井也。
  A well with brickwork and masonry not having misfortune, blame and regret, because it puts the well in order.

九五：井冽，寒泉食
Nine Fifth: The well is cold and pure, cold subterranean well water for taking in and consuming.

• 象傳: 寒泉之食，中正也。
  Cold subterranean well water's consumption, because it is centered and upright.

上六：井收勿幕，有孚元吉。
Top Six: The well brings in the harvest, do not cover it, there is captivation, Beginning Development auspicious.

• 象傳: 元吉在上，大成也。
  Beginning Development positioned at the Top, due to profound accomplishment.

革：巳日乃孚，元亨利貞，悔亡。
Reformation: At Si day then captivation, Beginning Development Gathering Maturity Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion, misfortune is neutralized.

• 象傳: 澤中有火，革；君子以治歷明時。
  Within marsh there is fire, reformation; a noble person uses this to set things in order one by one illuminating them at the right times.
  
  
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  Marsh, or Lake, is a dynamic of transformation and emotion. With fire beneath, shining its light upward and illuminating the lake, it needs to be very carefully contained, and then some delicious food can be cooked. But too much fire can create a rebellion of emotion above, can cause the pot to boil over. Emotional changes may be needed, but fire must play the role of softly and gently meeting lake where it is at, with warmth and acceptance. When lake feels it is safe to transform, it does so all on its own before revealing itself.
  
  With the three lines of fire, the first wants to go forward right out of the gate, is impatiently wanting to create change right away. But to do so would cause problems, so it needs to wrap itself up and learn patience. The third line, also yang, sits right next to lake, and is better tuned into lake's sensitivities. Thus it knows that it needs to be careful with its words and its interventions. It may poke forward a little here and there to feel out what changes lake is ready to accommodate, each time learning to reform its words to better match not what it thinks is needed, but to better match what lake is ready to receive. The second line, yin, is positioned in between these two lines, as the clarity of the fire, and is central. It helps to manage the regulation of the fire from the center, and as such is aware of when lake becomes ready to receive its changes, and at that point it ventures to connect with the fifth line, for now they can meet.
  
  With the three lines of lake, the first is able to feel the fire below, it rests upon it. As a yang line in a yin position it is not ideally positioned, and yet because of the balance of its innate firmness that has been placed in a more soft position, it finds itself able to sincerely accommodate the balancing act between the forces above and below it. As such it becomes the first line to open up to the transformation that is being invited, and the more sincere it is able to be about this, the more the lines both above and below are able to undergo the work of making the transformation possible. The fifth line is rooted in its central position and is buffered by the fire from the 4th line below it. But as the fourth line warms up to change, it too begins to change, in secret, not quite sure what is transforming yet and not wanting to reveal itself until the changes are complete. During this process it links up with the subtle clarity of line two and together they represent subtle change and transformation that is happening deep within. With line six the transformational process has become such that we are learning to adapt to the winds of change, able to feel ourselves respond to the universal law: when one part moves, all parts move.

初九：鞏用黃牛之革。
Beginning Nine: Binding and securing with a yellow ox's hide.

• 象傳: 鞏用黃牛，不可以有為也。
  Binding and securing it with a yellow ox [hide], because it is not possible to use [First Yang] with effectiveness.

六二：巳日乃革之，征吉，无咎。
Six Second: Upon Si day transforming it, pressing strongly forward auspicious, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 巳日革之，行有嘉也。
  Upon Si day transforming it, on account of its conduct being estimable and praiseworthy.

九三：征凶，貞厲，革言三就，有孚。
Nine Third: Pressing strongly forward inauspicious, Aligning Toward Completion exerting effort with raised alertness, reforming its words thrice in going toward, there is captivation.

• 象傳: 革言三就，又何之矣。
  Reforming its words thrice in going toward, next is what this becomes.

九四：悔亡，有孚改命，吉。
Nine Fourth: Regret vanishes, There is captivation to reform the mandate of destiny, auspicious.

• 象傳: 改命之吉，信志也。
  Reforming the mandate of destiny's auspiciousness, on account of having faith in the heart's purpose.

九五：大人虎變，未占有孚。
Nine Fifth: A great person transforms like a tiger, not yet holding possession of captivation.

• 象傳: 大人虎變，其文炳也。
  A great person transforms like a tiger, because its markings are bright.

上六：君子豹變，小人革面，征凶，居貞吉。
Top Six: A noble person transforms like a leopard, a small person reforms the face they show, pressing strongly forward inauspicious, dwelling in Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 君子豹變，其文蔚也。小人革面，順以從君也。
  A noble person transforms like a leopard, because its natural patterns are fathomless. A small person reforms the face they show, because they submit and conform to following their lord.

鼎：元吉，亨。
The Cauldron: Beginning Development auspicious, Gathering Maturity.

• 象傳: 木上有火，鼎；君子以正位凝命。
  Above wood there is fire, Cauldron; A noble person uses upright positioning to concentrate destiny.

初六：鼎顛趾，利出否，得妾以其子，无咎。
Beginning Six: A cauldron turned upside-down by its leg. Advantageous Culmination in ousting stagnation. Attaining a concubine to take one's seed. Not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 鼎顛趾，未悖也。利出否，以從貴也。
  A cauldron turned upside-down by its leg, implying before it repulses. Advantageous Culmination in ousting stagnation, on account of using it according to its value.

九二：鼎有實，我仇有疾，不我能即，吉。
Nine Second: The cauldron is full, Our counterparts are jealous, they are unable to approach, auspicious.

• 象傳: 鼎有實，慎所之也。我仇有疾，終无尤也。
  The cauldron is full, due to attentiveness in regards to this. Our counterparts are jealous, because in the end one is without fault.

九三：鼎耳革，其行塞，雉膏不食，方雨虧悔，終吉。
Nine Third: The cauldron ears molt, their conduct is plugged, the grease of the pheasant is not eaten, soon rain will abate misfortune, in the end auspicious.

• 象傳: 鼎耳革，失其義也。
  The cauldron ears molt, because they forfeit their proper purpose.

九四：鼎折足，覆公餗，其形渥，凶。
Nine Fourth: A cauldron with a broken leg, overturning the food cooking for the duke, its outer face stained, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 覆公餗，信如何也。
  Overturning the food cooking for the duke, because how can it be trusted?

六五：鼎黃耳，金鉉，利貞。
Six Fifth: A cauldron with yellow ears, and a solid bar, Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 鼎黃耳，中以為實也。
  A cauldron with yellow ears, because the center is used to accomplish fullness and repletion of substance.

上九：鼎玉鉉，大吉，无不利。
Top Nine: A cauldron with a jade bar, greatly auspicious, without dis-Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 玉鉉在上，剛柔節也。
  A jade bar residing at the top, on account of the firm and yielding articulating in the joint.

震：亨。震來虩虩，笑言啞啞。震驚百里，不喪匕鬯。
Shock: Gathering Maturity. Shock summons fear and terror, then laughing in response with exclaims of surprise, oh, ah! Thunderous Shock startling hundreds of residences, without losing the ladle of aromatic wine.

• 象傳: 洊雷，震；君子以恐懼脩省。
  Repeated thunderclaps, shock; a noble person uses fear and fright to recover and discern through reflecting and scrutinizing.

初九：震來虩虩，後笑言啞啞，吉。
Beginning Nine: Thunderous Shock summons fear and terror, if then afterward laughing in response with exclaims of surprise, oh, ah!, auspicious.

• 象傳: 震來虩虩，恐致福也。笑言啞啞，後有則也。
  Shock summons fear and terror, because fright leads to good fortune. Laughing in response with exclaims of surprise, oh, ah!, because afterward things return to normal.

六二：震來厲，億喪貝，躋于九陵，勿逐，七日得。
Six Second: Shock summons exerting effort with raised alertness, losing a hundred thousand cowrie, scaling the nine hills, do not pursue, on the seventh day becoming manageable.

• 象傳: 震來厲，乘剛也。
  Shock summons exerting effort with raised alertness, because [Second Yin] rides the firm and unyielding [First Yang].

六三：震蘇蘇，震行无眚。
Six Third: Shock to resuscitate and return to consciousness, Shock acting without mistake.

• 象傳: 震蘇蘇，位不當也。
  Shock that resuscitates and returns to consciousness, because the position is unsuitable.

九四：震遂泥。
Nine Fourth: Shock progressing through mud.

• 象傳: 震遂泥，未光也。
  Shock progressing through mud, because it is still not glowing brightly.

六五：震往來厲，億无喪，有事。
Six Fifth: Shock going and coming exerting effort with raised alertness, not losing the hundred thousand, having a duty.

• 象傳: 震往來厲，危行也。其事在中，大无喪也。
  Shock going and coming exerting effort with raised alertness, due to upright conduct. Its duty resides in centrality, because it greatly prevents loss.

上六：震索索，視矍矍，征凶。震不于其躬，于其鄰，无咎。婚媾有言。
Top Six: Shock spreading out and searching, looking around from side to side anxious and trembling, pressing strongly forward inauspicious. With shock not reaching oneself, just reaching one's neighborhood, it does not have disaster, blame and regret. With a marriage proposal there is gossip.

• 象傳: 震索索，中未得也。雖凶无咎，畏鄰戒也。
  Shock spreading out and searching, because the center is still not acquired. Even though inauspicious also not having disaster, blame and regret, due to shying away from the neighborhood by taking precautions.

艮：艮其背，不獲其身，行其庭，不見其人，无咎。
Stillness. Keeping its spine still, not laying claim to the body, engaging its inner court, not perceiving its people, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 兼山，艮；君子以思不出其位。
  Two mountains together, Stillness; A noble person uses this to consider whether to emerge from their position.

初六：艮其趾，无咎，利永貞。
Beginning Six: Keeping its feet still, not having disaster, blame and regret, Advantageous Culmination in extended and long lasting Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 艮其趾，未失正也。
  Keeping its feet still, on account of still not forfeiting what is proper.

六二：艮其腓，不拯其隨，其心不快。
Six Second: Keeping its calves still, not arousing its following along with things, its heart not quickening to pleasure and cheer.

• 象傳: 不拯其隨，未退聽也。
  Not arousing its following along with things, on account of not yet withdrawing from listening.

九三：艮其限，列其夤，厲薰心。
Nine Third: Keeping the reach beyond its threshold still, aligning its reverence, exerting effort with raised alertness dominating the thoughts and feelings.

• 象傳: 艮其限，危薰心也。
  Keeping the reach beyond its threshold still, on account of sitting straight upright dominating the heart-mind.

六四：艮其身，无咎。
Six Fourth: Keeping its torso still, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 艮其身，止諸躬也。
  Keeping its torso still, on account of bringing all of the torso to a halt.

六五：艮其輔，言有序，悔亡。
Six Fifth: Keeping its cheekbones still, speaking has an order of progression, regret vanishes.

• 象傳: 艮其輔，以中正也。
  Keeping its cheekbones still, on account of using centrality and uprightness.

上九：敦艮，吉。
Top Nine: Complete stillness, auspicious.

• 象傳: 敦艮之吉，以厚終也。
  Complete stillness's auspiciousness, on account of arriving at a substantial conclusion.

女歸吉，利貞。
Gradually Advancing: A woman marrying has good fortune, Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 山上有木，漸；君子以居賢德，善俗。
  A mountain top holds wood, Gradually Advancing; A noble person uses position to be worthy of virtuous power, benevolent conventions.

初六：鴻漸于干，小子厲，有言，无咎。
Beginning Six: Wild Geese gradually advancing to the base, the younger ones exerting effort with raised alertness, there is scolding, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 小子之厲，義无咎也。
  The exerting effort with raised alertness of the younger ones, has to do with responsibility for not having disaster, blame and regret.

六二：鴻漸于磐，飲食衎衎，吉。
Six Second: Wild geese gradually advancing to boulders, eating and drinking satisfied and content, good fortune.

• 象傳: 飲食衎衎，吉，不素飽也。
  Eating and drinking satisfied and content, good fortune, not due to simply eating to fullness.

九三：鴻漸于陸，夫征不復，婦孕不育，凶；利禦寇。
Nine Third: Wild geese gradually advancing to a level way, A husband goes to contest and does not come back, A wife becomes pregnant but does not give birth, misfortune; Advantageous Culmination resisting and repelling that which robs from.

• 象傳: 夫征不復，離群醜也。婦孕不育，失其道也。利用御寇，順相保也。
  A husband goes to contest and does not come back, because abandoning the group is shameful. A wife becomes pregnant but does not give birth, due to losing its way. Advantageous Culmination making use of governing and controlling that which robs from, on account of conforming to mutual safeguarding.

六四：鴻漸于木，或得其桷，无咎。
Six Fourth: Wild geese gradually advance to the trees, in some cases attaining their perch, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 或得其桷，順以巽也。
  In some cases attaining their perch, due to following the operation of flexibility.

九五：鴻漸于陵，婦三歲不孕，終莫之勝，吉。
Nine Fifth: Wild geese gradually advancing to a rise, A wife for three years not pregnant, Concluding the absence of chance, it is overcome and able to be borne, good fortune.

• 象傳: 終莫之勝，吉；得所愿也。
  Concluding the absence of chance, it is overcome and able to be borne, good fortune, due to attaining the position devoted to.

上九：鴻漸于陸，其羽可用為儀，吉。
Top Nine: Wild geese gradually advancing to a level way, their feathers permissible to be used for conducting ceremonial rites, good fortune.

• 象傳: 其羽可用為儀，吉；不可亂也。
  Their feathers permissible to be used for conducting ceremonial rites, good fortune; because it must not be disorderly.

歸妹：征凶，无攸利。
A Younger Sister Marrying: Pressing strongly forward inauspicious, without a place for Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 澤上有雷，歸妹；君子以永終知敝。
  Marsh going up with Thunder, A Younger Sister Marrying; A noble person uses patience all the way to the end to have mastery over that which uses things up.

初九：歸妹以娣，跛能履，征吉。
Beginning Nine: A Younger sister marrying into a subordinate place in the household, treading capacity impaired, auspicious to press strongly forward.

• 象傳: 歸妹以娣，以恆也。跛能履吉，相承也。
  A Younger sister marrying into a subordinate place in the household, has to do with taking up something long lasting. Treading capacity impaired auspiciously, on account of mutual receptivity.

九二：眇能視，利幽人之貞。
Nine Second: Squinting so as to regard and evaluate, Advantageous Culmination for the person secluded in concentration Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 利幽人之貞，未變常也。
  Advantageous Culmination for the person secluded in concentration Aligning Toward Completion, Due to not alternating steady constancy.

六三：歸妹以須，反歸以娣。
Six Third: A younger sister marrying with expectation and neediness, annulment and marrying instead into a subordinate position in the household.

• 象傳: 歸妹以須，未當也。
  A younger sister marrying with expectation and neediness, because this is inappropriate.

九四：歸妹愆期，遲歸有時。
Nine Fourth: A Younger Sister Marrying reaches past the expected timing, delaying marriage for the right opportunity.

• 象傳: 愆期之志，有待而行也。
  The heart's reason for reaching past the expected timing, is on account of there being waiting on, attending, entertaining, then having done this, acting.

六五：帝乙歸妹，其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良，月幾望，吉。
Six Fifth: Emperor Di Yi's Younger Sister Marrying, the sleeve of her gentleman, not close to the quality of the sleeves of her younger sisters in law, the moon is nearly to its fullness, auspicious.

• 象傳: 帝乙歸妹，不如其娣之袂良也。其位在中，以貴行也。
  Emperor Di Yi's Younger Sister Marrying, has to do with not being close to the quality of the sleeves of her younger sisters in law. His position is located centrally, due to using estimable and honorable conduct.

上六：女承筐无實，士刲羊无血，无攸利。
Top Six: An unmarried woman receiving an offering without substance, the unmarried man slaughters a sheep without blood, not having a hasty placement is auspicious.

• 象傳: 上六无實，承虛筐也。
  Top Six is without substance, on account of receiving an empty offering.

豐：亨，王假之，勿憂，宜日中。
Overabundance: Gathering Maturity, Kingship depends upon this, do not be concerned over it, it is suitable for and commensurate with solar noon.

• 象傳: 雷電皆至，豐；君子以折獄致刑。
  Thunder and lightning all extreme, overabundance; a noble person uses this to settle court cases by passing judgements and sentencing.

初九：遇其配主，雖旬无咎，往有尚。
Beginning Nine: Happening upon an equally matched ruler [Fourth Yang], even though there are ten days without disaster, blame and regret, going toward has priority.

• 象傳: 雖旬无咎，過旬災也。
  Even though there are ten days without disaster, blame and regret, because exceeding ten days there is disaster.

六二：豐其蔀，日中見斗，往得疑疾，有孚發若，吉。
Six Second: Overabundance of one deflecting light with a screen, at solar noon perceiving the dipper, going toward gains an underlying uncertainty, if with captivation setting forth, auspicious.

• 象傳: 有孚發若，信以發志也。
  If with captivation setting forth, because it has faith in setting forth with the heart's purpose.

九三：豐其沛，日中見沬，折其右肱，无咎。
Nine Third: Overabundance of one rushing quickly, solar noon appears dim and dull, breaking from the ministers on its right side, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 豐其沛，不可大事也。折其右肱，終不可用也。
  Overabundance of one rushing quickly, due to not allowing a large matter. Breaking from the ministers on its right side, because ultimately it will not use them.

九四：豐其蔀，日中見斗，遇其夷主，吉。
Nine Fourth: Overabundance of one deflecting light with a screen, at solar noon perceiving the dipper, happening upon the foreign ruler [First Yang], auspicious.

• 象傳: 豐其蔀，位不當也。日中見斗，幽不明也。遇其夷主，吉；行也。
  Overabundance of one deflecting light with a screen, because the position is unsuitable. At solar noon perceiving the dipper, because what is obscured and veiled is not bright. Happening upon the foreign ruler, auspicious, because of one's conduct and behavior.

六五：來章，有慶譽，吉。
Six Fifth: Arriving and revealing itself, there is felicity and acclaim, auspicious.

• 象傳: 六五之吉，有慶也。
  Six Fifth's auspiciousness, is because there is felicity.

上六：豐其屋，蔀其家，闚其戶，闃其无人，三歲不覿，凶。
Top Six: Overabundance of one's roof, deflecting light from one's household, spying on one's doorway, quiet and still one is without others, for three years not being seen face to face, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 豐其屋，天際翔也。闚其戶，闃其无人，自藏也。
  Overabundance of one's roof, because the horizon wheels around. Spying on one's doorway, quiet and still one is without others, because one conceals oneself.

旅：小亨，旅貞吉。
Traveling: Small Gathering Maturity, Traveling to Align Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 山上有火，旅；君子以明慎用刑，而不留獄。
  Above mountain there is fire, Traveling; A noble person uses clear illumination to carefully enact discipline.

初六：旅瑣瑣，斯其所取災。
Beginning Six: Traveling that has jingling and tinkling with small bits and pieces, this is one's place for seizing calamity.

• 象傳: 旅瑣瑣，志窮災也。
  Traveling that has jingling and tinkling with small bits and pieces, because the heart's purpose comes to the end in calamity.

六二：旅即次，懷其資，得童僕貞。
Six Second: Traveling coming to the next stage, holding fast to one's wealth, acquiring a low ranking servant and Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 得童僕貞，終无尤也。
  Acquiring a low ranking servant and Aligning Toward Completion, due to in the end not having fault or shortcomings.

九三：旅焚其次，喪其童僕，貞厲。
Nine Third: Traveling that ignites one's next stage, abandoning one's low ranking servant, Aligning Toward Completion exerting effort with raised alertness.

• 象傳: 旅焚其次，亦以傷矣。以旅與下，其義喪也。
  Traveling that ignites one's next stage, [abandoning one's low ranking servant], because in this case it is by means of injury and hurt.

九四：旅于處，得其資斧，我心不快。
Nine Fourth: Traveling that comes to a pause, acquiring one's traveling expenses, my heart is not carefree.

• 象傳: 旅于處，未得位也。得其資斧，心未快也。
  Traveling that comes to a pause, because it has not yet acquired a position. Acquiring one's traveling expenses, because the heart is not yet carefree.

六五：射雉一矢亡，終以譽命。
Six Fifth: Shooting a pheasant with one arrow loosed, finally, via acclaim, a calling.

• 象傳: 終以譽命，上逮也。
  Finally, via acclaim, a calling, because the top has been reached.

上九：鳥焚其巢，旅人先笑後號咷。喪牛于易，凶。
Top Nine: A bird burning its nest, a traveling person previously displaying happiness, afterward weeping and crying. Failing to keep the ox and arriving at change, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 以旅在上，其義焚也。喪牛于易，終莫之聞也。
  By means of traveling residing at the top, so its sense of what is right burns up. Failing to keep its ox and arriving at change, because at the end there is no way to make it hear.

巽：小亨，利攸往，利見大人。
Yielding: Small Gathering Maturity, Advantageous Culmination having a place to go toward, Advantageous Culmination perceiving the great person.

• 象傳: 隨風，巽；君子以申命行事。
  Going along with the wind, yielding; a noble person uses this to declare a mandate and conduct affairs.

初六：進退，利武人之貞。
Beginning Six: Advancing and retreating, Advantageous Culmination for the martial person's Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 進退，志疑也。利武人之貞，志治也。
  Advancing and retreating, because the heart's purpose has doubts. Advantageous Culmination for the martial person's Aligning Toward Completion, because then the heart's purpose is brought to order.

九二：巽在床下，用史巫紛若，吉，无咎。
Nine Second: Under the platform yielding is present, making use of officials and shamans to be in ample compliance with, auspicious, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 紛若之吉，得中也。
  Amply complying with's auspiciousness, because it obtains the center.

九三：頻巽，吝。
Nine Third: Repetedly yielding, lacking grace.

• 象傳: 頻巽之吝，志窮也。
  Repeatedly yielding's lacking grace, because the heart's purpose is exhausted and depleted.

六四：悔亡，田獲三品。
Six Fourth: Misfortune vanishes, in the field capturing three kinds of game.

• 象傳: 田獲三品，有功也。
  In the field capturing three kinds of game, because there is work accomplished.

九五：貞吉悔亡，无不利。无初有終，先庚三日，後庚三日，吉。
Nine Fifth: Aligning Toward Completion auspicious misfortune vanishes, without dis-Advantageous Culmination. Without a beginning there is a conclusion, Before Geng (庚) three days, after Geng (庚) three days, auspicious.

• 象傳: 九五之吉，位正中也。
  Nine Fifth's auspiciousness, because it is positioned upright in the center.

上九：巽在床下，喪其資斧，貞凶。
Top Nine: Under the platform yielding is present, losing their ability to earn money, Aligning Toward Completion inauspicious.

• 象傳: 巽在床下，上窮也。喪其資斧，正乎凶也。
  Under the platform yielding is present, because at the top depleted of their resources. Losing their ability to earn money, because when upright and proper, what inauspiciousness?

兌：亨，利貞。 Feeling: Gathering Maturity, Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 麗澤，兌；君子以朋友講習。
  Beautiful lowlands, feeling; A noble person uses this to become friends with then pay attention to and become familiar with.

初九：和兌，吉。
Beginning Nine: Harmonious feelings, auspicious.

• 象傳: 和兌之吉，行未疑也。
  Harmonious feelings' auspiciousness, because they engage before there are any doubts.

九二：孚兌，吉，悔亡。
Nine Second: Captivated feelings, auspicious, inauspiciousness vanishes.

• 象傳: 孚兌之吉，信志也。
  Captivated feelings' auspiciousness, due to believing in the heart's purpose.

六三：來兌，凶。
Six Third: The arrival of feelings, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 來兌之凶，位不當也。
  Arriving feelings' inauspiciousness, because the position is inappropriate.

九四：商兌，未寧，介疾有喜。
Nine Fourth: Mulling over feelings, not yet content, in between indisposition and possession of delight.

• 象傳: 九四之喜，有慶也。
  Nine Fourth's delight, is due to it having felicity.

九五：孚于剝，有厲。
Nine Fifth: Captivated by that which strips away [Sixth Yin], there is exerting effort with raised alertness.

• 象傳: 孚于剝，位正當也。
  Captivated by that which strips away [Fifth Yin], due to being positioned for proper attending and managing.

上六：引兌。
Top Six: Drawing out feelings.

• 象傳: 上六引兌，未光也。
  Top Six drawing out feelings, because it is still not glowing.

渙：亨。王假有廟，利涉大川，利貞。
Diffusion: Developing Maturation. Ruling as a king depends upon having a temple, Advantageous Culmination fording a large river, Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 風行水上，渙；先王以享于帝立廟。
  Wind active above water, Diffusion; Kings of old use this by establishing a temple for offering to the divine.

初六：用拯馬壯，吉。
Beginning Six: Borrowing rescue from a strong horse, auspicious.

• 象傳: 初六之吉，順也。
  Beginning Six's auspiciousness, on account of following and going with the flow.

九二：渙奔其机，悔亡。
Nine Second: Diffusion hastening toward its opportunity, losing misfortune.

• 象傳: 渙奔其机，得愿也。
  Diffusion hastening toward its opportunity, on account of obtaining hope.

六三：渙其躬，无悔。
Six Third: Diffusing its ego-self, without regret.

• 象傳: 渙其躬，志在外也。
  Diffusing its ego-self, on account of the heart's purpose extending beyond itself.

六四：渙其群，元吉。渙有丘，匪夷所思。
Six Fourth: Diffusing its flock, Beginning Development auspicious. Diffusing possession of farmlands and gravesites, It is not for outsiders to think about.

• 象傳: 渙其群，元吉；光大也。
  Diffusing its flock, Beginning Development auspicious; On account of illuminating greatly.

九五：渙汗其大號，渙王居，无咎。
Nine Fifth: Diffusion sweating out its largess, Diffusion governing as a King from a central position of authority, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 王居无咎，正位也。
  Governing as a king from a central position of authority not having disaster, blame and regret, because it is correctly positioned.

上九：渙其血，去逖出，无咎。
Top Nine: Diffusing its blood-ties, departing and going far away, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 渙其血，遠害也。
  Diffusing its blood-ties, on account of separating from harmful troubles.

節：亨。苦節，不可貞。
Regulation: Gathering Maturity. Troubled regulation must not Align Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 澤上有水，節；君子以制數度，議德行。
  Above marsh is a supply of water, Regulation; A noble person uses this to work from a design by evaluating the measurements, assessing virtuous conduct.

初九：不出戶庭，无咎。
Beginning Nine: Not coming out of the residence's inner doorway, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 不出戶庭，知通塞也。
  Not coming out of the residence's inner doorway, on account of perceiving all the way through to where things are dammed up.

九二：不出門庭，凶。
Second Nine: Not coming out of the residence's outer doorway, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 不出門庭，失時極也。
  Not coming out of the residence's outer doorway, on account of forfeiting opportunity's peak.

六三：不節若，則嗟若，无咎。
Six Third: Like not regulating, but then sighing in despair, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 不節之嗟，又誰咎也。
  Not regulating's sigh of despair, because then again who could be blamed?

六四：安節，亨。
Six Fourth: Stable and secure regulation, Gathering Maturity.

• 象傳: 安節之亨，承上道也。
  Stable and secure regulation's Gathering Maturity, on account of undertaking the way of what is above.

九五：甘節，吉；往有尚。
Nine Fifth: Appealing and pleasant regulation, auspicious; going is given precedence.

• 象傳: 甘節之吉，居位中也。
  Appealing and pleasant regulation's auspiciousness, on account of occupying a central position.

上六：苦節，貞凶，悔亡。
Top Six: Troubled regulation, Aligning Toward Completion inauspicious, misfortune is undone.

• 象傳: 苦節貞凶，其道窮也。
  Troubled regulation Aligning Toward Completion inauspicious, on account of its way reaching the limit.

中孚：豚魚吉，利涉大川，利貞。
Inner Captivation: Concealing fish auspicious, Advantageous Culmination fording a great river, Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 澤上有風，中孚；君子以議獄緩死。
  Above the marsh there is wind, Inner captivation; A noble person uses this to rule on legal cases in a slow and measured way before finishing them.

初九：虞吉，有它不燕。
Beginning Nine: Anticipating what comes is auspicious, there is another who is not familiar.

• 象傳: 初九虞吉，志未變也。
  Beginning nine anticipating what comes auspiciously, due to the heart's purpose not yet shifting.

九二：鳴鶴在陰，其子和之，我有好爵，吾與爾靡之。
Nine Second: A crane calling from the shadows, its children [Fifth Yang] attune to it, I have a satisfying vessel of wine, I join together with you [Fifth Yang] in drinking it up.

• 象傳: 其子和之，中心願也。
  Its children [Fifth Yang] attune to it, due to hitting the mark of the heart's source dream.

六三：得敵，或鼓或罷，或泣或歌。
Six Third: Acquiring opposition, sometimes beating a drum sometimes stopping, sometimes weeping sometimes singing.

• 象傳: 可鼓或罷，位不當也。
  How is it that the drumming sometimes ceases? Because the position is not well matched.

六四：月幾望，馬匹亡，无咎。
Six Fourth: The moon is almost visible, the horses run away, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 馬匹亡，絕類上也。
  The horses run away, due to running across the standard to the top.

九五：有孚攣如，无咎。
Nine Fifth: There is a captivating connection to follow along toward [Second Yang], without misfortune.

• 象傳: 有孚攣如，位正當也。
  There is a captivating connection to follow along toward, because [Second Yang] properly takes responsibility for it.

上九：翰音登于天，貞凶。
Top Nine: Flying rumors ascending to heaven, Aligning Toward Completion inauspicious.

• 象傳: 翰音登于天，何可長也。
  Flying rumors ascending to heaven, because how could this last?

小過：亨，利貞，可小事，不可大事。飛鳥遺之音，不宜上，宜下，大吉。
Minor Excess: Gathering Maturity, Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion, allowable for minor affairs, not allowable for great affairs. A flying bird leaves behind this message, not suitable for going above, suitable for falling below, greatly auspicious.

• 象傳: 山上有雷，小過；君子以行過乎恭，喪過乎哀，用過乎儉。
  Above a mountain there is thunder, minor excess; a noble person uses this to implement excesses in relation to showing respectful regard, and abandons excesses in relation to sorrow and loss, making use of excessiveness in relation to regulation.

初六：飛鳥以凶。
Beginning Nine: A bird flying makes use of this inauspiciously.

• 象傳: 飛鳥以凶，不可如何也。
  A bird flying makes use of this inauspiciously, because it must not be done like this.

六二：過其祖，遇其妣；不及其君，遇其臣；无咎。
Six Second: Exceeding one's patriarchal lineage, happening upon one's matriarchal lineage, not reaching one's noble lord, happening upon their vassals; not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 不及其君，臣不可過也。
  Not reaching one's noble lord, because vassals must not go to excesses.

九三：弗過防之，從或戕之，凶。
Nine Third: Not exceeding it guarding against it, with idle indifference a chance of destroying it, inauspicious.

• 象傳: 從或戕之，凶如何也。
  With idle indifference a chance of destroying it, because this is what inauspiciousness is like.

九四：无咎，弗過遇之。往厲必戒，勿用永貞。
Nine Fourth: Let there be no disaster, blame and regret, not exceeding the happenstance of this. Going toward while exerting effort with raised alertness invariably uses precaution, do not make use of long lasting Aligning Toward Completion.

• 象傳: 弗過遇之，位不當也。往厲必戒，終不可長也。
  Not exceeding the happenstance of this, because the position is inappropriate. Going toward while exerting effort with raised alertness invariably uses precaution, because in the end it must not increase.

六五：密雲不雨，自我西郊，公弋取彼在穴。
Six Fifth: Dense clouds but no rain, coming from our western countryside, the duke shoots a stringed arrow at the target.

• 象傳: 密雲不雨，已上也。
  Dense clouds but no rain, due to already reaching the top.

上六：弗遇過之，飛鳥離之，凶，是謂災眚。
Top Six: Not falling into step with it exceeding it, the flying bird separating from it, inauspicious, this is what is called a disastrous mistake.

• 象傳: 弗遇過之，已亢也。
  Not falling into step with it exceeding it, due to becoming overbearing and excessive.

既濟：亨，小利貞，初吉終亂。
Having Just Crossed Over: Gathering Maturity, small Advantageous Culmination Aligning Toward Completion, at first auspicious by the end disrupted.

• 象傳: 水在火上，既濟；君子以思患而預防之。
  Water situated above fire, having just crossed over; a noble person uses this to reflect on threads of trouble in the heart field and then prepares to guard against them in advance.

初九：曳其輪，濡其尾，无咎。
Beginning Nine: Dragging the wheels of its cart, drenching its rear end, not having disaster, blame and regret.

• 象傳: 曳其輪，義无咎也。
  Dragging the wheels of its cart, due to proper responsibility it is without disaster, blame and regret.

六二：婦喪其茀，勿逐，七日得。
Six Second: A lady losing her carriage screen, do not chase after it, on the seventh sun obtaining it.

• 象傳: 七日得，以中道也。
  On the seventh sun obtaining it, due to utilizing the middle way.

九三：高宗伐鬼方，三年克之，小人勿用。
Nine Third: The Lofty Ancestor (opens in a new tab) descends upon the demon quarter, in three years subduing them, small people do not avail themselves of this.

• 象傳: 三年克之，憊也。
  In three years subduing them, due to wearing them out.

六四：繻有衣袽，終日戒。
Six Fourth: A silken safe conduct pass with a tunic of rags, all day long staying on guard.

• 象傳: 終日戒，有所疑也。
  All day long staying on guard, because it has reason to be suspicious.

九五：東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之禴祭，實受其福。
Nine Fifth: The eastern neighbor's slaughter of an ox, is inferior to the western neighbor's spring offering, receiving the completion of their good fortune.

• 象傳: 東鄰殺牛，不如西鄰之時也；實受其福，吉大來也。
  The eastern neighbor's slaughter of an ox [is inferior], because it is inferior to the western neighbor's timeliness; receiving the completion of their good fortune, because of auspiciousness greatly coming through to arrive.

上六：濡其首，厲。
Top Six: Drenching its head, exerting effort with raised alertness.

• 象傳: 濡其首厲，何可久也。
  Drenching its head exerting effort with raised alertness, because what could possibly last?

未濟：亨，小狐汔濟，濡其尾，无攸利。
Not yet crossed over: Gathering Maturity, a small fox almost crossing a river, drenching its tail, without a place for Advantageous Culmination.

• 象傳: 火在水上，未濟；君子以慎辨物居方。
  Fire placed above water, not yet crossed over; A noble person uses this to carefully distinguish the direction and placement of phenomena's situation.

初六：濡其尾，吝。
Beginning Six: Drenching its tail, lacking patience and grace.

• 象傳: 濡其尾，亦不知極也。
  Drenching its tail, because for its part not knowing the high point.

九二：曳其輪，貞吉。
Nine Second: Dragging the wheels of its cart, Aligning Toward Completion auspicious.

• 象傳: 九二貞吉，中以行正也。
  Nine Second Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, on account of centrality utilizing proper conduct.

六三：未濟，征凶，利涉大川。
Six Third: Not yet crossing over, pressing strongly forward inauspicious, Advantageous Culmination fording a large river.

• 象傳: 未濟征凶，位不當也。
  Not yet crossing over pressing strongly forward inauspicious, because the position is inappropriate.

九四：貞吉，悔亡，震用伐鬼方，三年有賞于大國。
Nine Fourth: Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, Remorse goes away, shock is applied to attack the ghostly realm, in three years having reward in regards to a large territory.

• 象傳: 貞吉悔亡，志行也。
  Aligning Toward Completion remorse goes away, because the heart's purpose acts.

六五：貞吉，无悔，君子之光，有孚，吉。
Six Fifth: Aligning Toward Completion auspicious, not having remorse, the noble person's glowing light, with captivation, auspicious.

• 象傳: 君子之光，其暉吉也。
  A noble person's glowing light, because one is spreading light auspiciously.

上九：有孚于飲酒，无咎，濡其首，有孚失是。
Top Nine: There is captivation with regard to drinking alcohol, not having disaster blame and regret, drenching its head, there is captivation to being remiss about this things.

• 象傳: 飲酒濡首，亦不知節也。
  Drinking alcohol and drenching one's head, because for one's part not knowing moderation.