象傳下
XIANG-L · 238 units · text_version: yizhuan-en-1.0.0 · review_status: draft
Original text pending collation; translations under continuous revision.
| 單元 | Original | Translation |
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| Hexagram 31 Great ImageXIANG-L-31-01 | 包羞，位不當也。 | That their shame is folded in their breast is because of the inappropriateness of their position. |
| Hexagram 31 Line Image 1XIANG-L-31-02 | 有命无咎，志行也。 | The person acts in accordance with the ordination of Heaven, and commits no error: the purpose of their mind can be carried into effect. |
| Hexagram 31 Line Image 2XIANG-L-31-03 | 大人之吉，位正當也。 | The good fortune of the great person arises from the correctness of their position. |
| Hexagram 31 Line Image 3XIANG-L-31-04 | 否終則傾，何可長也。 | This line or image shows that the distress and obstruction having reached its end, it is overthrown and removed: how could it be prolonged? |
| Hexagram 31 Line Image 4XIANG-L-31-05 | 天與火，同人；君子以類族辨物。 | The trigrams for heaven and fire form Tong Ren. The noble person, following this image, distinguishes things according to their kinds and classes. |
| Hexagram 31 Line Image 5XIANG-L-31-06 | 出門同人，又誰咎也。 | The representative of the union of men is just issuing from their gate: who will blame them? |
| Hexagram 31 Line Image 6XIANG-L-31-07 | 同人于宗，吝道也。 | The representative of the union of men appears in relation with their kindred: that is the path to regret. |
| Hexagram 32 Great ImageXIANG-L-32-01 | 伏戎于莽，敵剛也。三歲不興，安行也。 | The person hides their arms in the thick grass: because of the strength of their opponent. For three years the person makes no demonstration: how can the person do anything? |
| Hexagram 32 Line Image 1XIANG-L-32-02 | 乘其墉，義弗克也，其吉，則困而反則也。 | The person climbs onto the city wall but cannot rightly continue the attack. Their good fortune comes from recognizing the difficulty and returning to proper conduct. |
| Hexagram 32 Line Image 2XIANG-L-32-03 | 同人之先，以中直也。大師相遇，言相克也。 | The first action of the representative of the union of men here described arises from their central position and straightforward character. The meeting secured by their great host indicates that the opponents of it have been overcome. |
| Hexagram 32 Line Image 3XIANG-L-32-04 | 同人于郊，志未得也。 | The representative of the union of men appears in the suburbs: their object has not yet been attained. |
| Hexagram 32 Line Image 4XIANG-L-32-05 | 火在天上，大有；君子以遏惡揚善，順天休命。 | The trigram for heaven and that of fire above it form Ta Yd. The noble person, following this image, represses what is misfortune and gives distinction to what is good, in sympathy with the excellent Heaven-conferred nature. |
| Hexagram 32 Line Image 5XIANG-L-32-06 | 大有初九，无交害也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: this first line, undivided, of Da You shows no approach to what is injurious. |
| Hexagram 32 Line Image 6XIANG-L-32-07 | 大車以載，積中不敗也。 | A large wagon with its load refers to the virtue accumulated in the person represented by the line, so that the person will suffer no loss in the conduct of affairs. |
| Hexagram 33 Great ImageXIANG-L-33-01 | 公用亨于天子，小人害也。 | A feudal prince presents their offerings to the son of Heaven: a petty person in such a position does themself harm. |
| Hexagram 33 Line Image 1XIANG-L-33-02 | 匪其彭，无咎；明辨晰也。 | H e keeps their great resources under restraint: their wisdom discriminates clearly what the person ought to do. |
| Hexagram 33 Line Image 2XIANG-L-33-03 | 厥孚交如，信以發志也。威如之吉，易而无備也。 | Their sincerity is reciprocated by all the others: their sincerity serves to stir and call out what is in their minds. The good fortune springing from a display of proper majesty shows how they might otherwise feel too easy, and make no preparation to serve them. |
| Hexagram 33 Line Image 3XIANG-L-33-04 | 大有上吉，自天佑也。 | This line or image shows that the good fortune attached to the topmost line of Da You arises from the help of Heaven. |
| Hexagram 33 Line Image 4XIANG-L-33-05 | 地中有山，謙；君子以裒多益寡，稱物平施。 | The trigram for the earth and that of a mountain in the midst of it form Qian. The noble person, following this image, diminishes what is excessive in themself, and increases where there is any defect, bringing about an equality, accordine to the nature of the case, in their treatment of themself and others. |
| Hexagram 33 Line Image 5XIANG-L-33-06 | 謙謙君子，卑以自牧也。 | The noble person who adds humility to humility is one who nourishes their virtue in lowliness. |
| Hexagram 33 Line Image 6XIANG-L-33-07 | 鳴謙貞吉，中心得也。 | The good fortune consequent on being steadfast and right, where the humility has made itself recognised, is because of the possessors having the virtue in the core of their heart. |
| Hexagram 34 Great ImageXIANG-L-34-01 | 勞謙君子，萬民服也。 | The noble person of acknowledged merit, and yet humble: the myriads of the people will submit to them. |
| Hexagram 34 Line Image 1XIANG-L-34-02 | 无不利撝謙；不違則也。 | One, whose action would be in every way beneficial, stirs up their humility the more: but in doing so the person does not act contrary to the proper rule. |
| Hexagram 34 Line Image 2XIANG-L-34-03 | 利用侵伐，征不服也。 | The person may beneficially use the force of arms: correcting, that is, those who do not submit. |
| Hexagram 34 Line Image 3XIANG-L-34-04 | 鳴謙，志未得也。可用行師，征邑國也。 | Their humility has made itself recognised: but all their aims have not yet been attained. The person may employ the force of arms, but only in correcting their own towns and state. |
| Hexagram 34 Line Image 4XIANG-L-34-05 | 雷出地奮，豫。先王以作樂崇德，殷薦之上帝，以配祖考。 | The trigrams for the earth and thunder issuing from it with its crashing noise form Yu. The ancient kings, following this image, composed their music and did honour to virtue, presenting it especially and most clearly to God, when they associated with Them at the service their highest ancestor and their father. |
| Hexagram 34 Line Image 5XIANG-L-34-06 | 初六鳴豫，志窮凶也。 | The subject of the first line proclaims their pleasure and satisfaction: this brings misfortune; their wishes have been satisfied to overflowing. |
| Hexagram 34 Line Image 6XIANG-L-34-07 | 不終日，貞吉；以中正也。 | The person sees a thing without waiting till it has come to pass; with their steadfastness this brings good fortune: this is shown by the central and correct position of the line. |
| Hexagram 35 Great ImageXIANG-L-35-01 | 盱豫有悔，位不當也。 | The person looks up for favours, while the person indulges the feeling of satisfaction; this will bring cause for regret: this is shown by the position not being the appropriate one. |
| Hexagram 35 Line Image 1XIANG-L-35-02 | 由豫，大有得；志大行也。 | From them the harmony and satisfaction come; great is the success which the person obtains: their aims take effect on a grand scale. |
| Hexagram 35 Line Image 2XIANG-L-35-03 | 六五貞疾，乘剛也。恆不死，中未亡也。 | The subject of the fifth line has a chronic complaint: this is shown by their being mounted on the strong line. The person still lives on without dying: the person is in the central position, and its memories of the past have not yet perished. |
| Hexagram 35 Line Image 3XIANG-L-35-04 | 冥豫在上，何可長也。 | This line or image shows that with darkened mind devoted to the harmony and satisfaction of the time, as shown in the topmost line: how can one in such a condition continue long? |
| Hexagram 35 Line Image 4XIANG-L-35-05 | 澤中有雷，隨；君子以嚮晦入宴息。 | The trig-ram for the waters of a marsh and that for thunder hidden in the midst of it form Sui. The noble person following this image, when it is getting towards dark, enters their house and rests. |
| Hexagram 35 Line Image 5XIANG-L-35-06 | 官有渝，從正吉也。出門交有功，不失也。 | The person is changing the object of their pursuit: but if the person follow what is correct, this brings good fortune. The person goes beyond their own gate to find associates: the person will not fail in the method the person pursues. |
| Hexagram 35 Line Image 6XIANG-L-35-07 | 系小子，弗兼與也。 | The person cleaves to the little boy: the person cannot be with the two at the same time. |
| Hexagram 36 Great ImageXIANG-L-36-01 | 系丈夫，志舍下也。 | The person cleaves to the man of age and experience: by the decision of their will, the person abandons the youth below. |
| Hexagram 36 Line Image 1XIANG-L-36-02 | 隨有獲，其義凶也。有孚在道，明功也。 | The person is followed and obtains adherents: according to the idea of the hexagram, this is misfortune. The person is sincere in their course: showing their intelligence, and leading to achievement. |
| Hexagram 36 Line Image 2XIANG-L-36-03 | 孚于嘉，吉；位正中也。 | The person is sincere in fostering what is excellent: their position is correct and in the centre. |
| Hexagram 36 Line Image 3XIANG-L-36-04 | 拘系之，上窮也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: the sincerity is firmly held and clung to, as shown in the topmost line: the idea of the hexagram has reached its extreme development. |
| Hexagram 36 Line Image 4XIANG-L-36-05 | 山下有風，蠱；君子以振民育德。 | The trigram for a mountain, and below it that for wind, form Ku. The noble person, following this image, addresses themself to help the people and nourish their own virtue. |
| Hexagram 36 Line Image 5XIANG-L-36-06 | 幹父之蠱，意承考也。 | The person deals with the troubles caused by their father: the person feels that the person has entered into the work of their father. |
| Hexagram 36 Line Image 6XIANG-L-36-07 | 幹母之蠱，得中道也。 | The person deals with the troubles caused by their mother: the person holds to the course of the due mean. |
| Hexagram 37 Great ImageXIANG-L-37-01 | 幹父之蠱，終无咎也。 | The person deals with the troubles caused by their father: in the end there is no blame. |
| Hexagram 37 Line Image 1XIANG-L-37-02 | 裕父之蠱，往未得也。 | The person views indulgently the troubles caused by their father: if the person go forward, the person will not succeed. |
| Hexagram 37 Line Image 2XIANG-L-37-03 | 幹父用譽，承以德也。 | The person deals with the troubles caused by their father, and obtains praise: the person is responded to by the person represented by line two with all their virtue. |
| Hexagram 37 Line Image 3XIANG-L-37-04 | 不事王侯，志可則也。 | The person does not serve either king or feudal lord: but their aim may be a model to others. |
| Hexagram 37 Line Image 4XIANG-L-37-05 | 澤上有地，臨；君子以教思无窮，容保民无疆。 | The trigram for the waters of a marsh and that for the earth above it form Lin. The noble person, following this image, has their purposes of instruction that are inexhaustible, and nourishes and supports the people without limit. |
| Hexagram 37 Line Image 5XIANG-L-37-06 | 咸臨貞吉，志行正也。 | The good fortune through the steadfastness of the person represented by the first line advancing in company with the person represented by the second is due to their will being set on doing what is right. |
| Hexagram 37 Line Image 6XIANG-L-37-07 | 咸臨，吉无不利；未順命也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: the good fortune and every possible advantage attending the advance of the person represented by the second line, in company with the person represented by the first, arises from the fact that those to whom the advance is made are not yet obedient to the ordinances of Heaven. |
| Hexagram 38 Great ImageXIANG-L-38-01 | 甘臨，位不當也。既憂之，咎不長也。 | The person shows themself well pleased to advance: their position is not that appropriate to them. If the person become anxious, however, about their action, their error will not be continued. |
| Hexagram 38 Line Image 1XIANG-L-38-02 | 至臨无咎，位當也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: the freedom from error consequent on the advance in the highest mode is due to the various appropriateness of the position. |
| Hexagram 38 Line Image 2XIANG-L-38-03 | 大君之宜，行中之謂也。 | This line or image shows that what befits the great ruler means the pursuing the course of the due mean. |
| Hexagram 38 Line Image 3XIANG-L-38-04 | 敦臨之吉，志在內也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: the good fortune consequent on the advance of honesty and generosity is due to the will of the person represented by the line being set on the subjects of the first two lines of the inner trigram. |
| Hexagram 38 Line Image 4XIANG-L-38-05 | 風行地上，觀；先王以省方，觀民設教。 | The trigram representing the earth, and that for wind moving above it, form Kwan. The ancient kings, following this image, examined the different regions of the kingdom, to see the ways of the people, and set forth their instructions. |
| Hexagram 38 Line Image 5XIANG-L-38-06 | 初六童觀，小人道也。 | The looking of a lad shown by the first yielding line, indicates the way of the inferior people. |
| Hexagram 38 Line Image 6XIANG-L-38-07 | 窺觀女貞，亦可丑也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: the steadfastness of a woman, in peeping out from a door is also a thing to be ashamed of in a noble person. |
| Hexagram 39 Great ImageXIANG-L-39-01 | 觀我生，進退；未失道也。 | The person looks at the course of their own life, to advance or recede accordingly: the person will not err in the path to be pursued. |
| Hexagram 39 Line Image 1XIANG-L-39-02 | 觀國之光，尚賓也。 | The person contemplates the glory of the kingdom: ttherefore arises the wish to be a guest at court. |
| Hexagram 39 Line Image 2XIANG-L-39-03 | 觀我生，觀民也。 | The person contemplates their own life-course: the person should for this purpose contemplate the condition of the people. |
| Hexagram 39 Line Image 3XIANG-L-39-04 | 觀其生，志未平也。 | The person contemplates their own character: the person cannot even yet let their mind be at rest. |
| Hexagram 39 Line Image 4XIANG-L-39-05 | 雷電噬嗑；先王以明罰敕法。 | The trigrams representing thunder and lightning form Shih Ho. The ancient kings, following this image, framed their penalties with intelligence, and promulgated their laws. |
| Hexagram 39 Line Image 5XIANG-L-39-06 | 屨校滅趾，不行也。 | Their feet are in the stocks, and the person is deprived of their toes: there is no walking to do misfortune. |
| Hexagram 39 Line Image 6XIANG-L-39-07 | 噬膚滅鼻，乘剛也。 | This line or image shows that biting through soft flesh until the nose is covered shows that the yielding line is riding above a firm line. |
| Hexagram 40 Great ImageXIANG-L-40-01 | 遇毒，位不當也。 | The person meets with what is disagreeable and hurtful: their position is not the proper one for them. |
| Hexagram 40 Line Image 1XIANG-L-40-02 | 利艱貞吉，未光也。 | It is favorable to them to realise the difficulty of their task and be firm, in which case this brings good fortune: their light has not yet been sufficiently displayed. |
| Hexagram 40 Line Image 2XIANG-L-40-03 | 貞厲无咎，得當也。 | Let them be steadfast and right, realising the danger of their position, and there is no blame: the person will possess every quality appropriate to their position and task. |
| Hexagram 40 Line Image 3XIANG-L-40-04 | 何校滅耳，聰不明也。 | The person wears the cangue and is deprived of their ears: the person hears, but will not understand. |
| Hexagram 40 Line Image 4XIANG-L-40-05 | 山下有火，賁；君子以明庶政，无敢折獄。 | The trigram representing a mountain and that for fire under it form Bi. The noble person, following this image, throws a brilliancy around their various processes of government, but does not dare in a similar way to decide cases of criminal litigation. |
| Hexagram 40 Line Image 5XIANG-L-40-06 | 舍車而徒，義弗乘也。 | This line or image shows that there is no walking: that is, the person represented by the line will not dare to offend any more. |
| Hexagram 40 Line Image 6XIANG-L-40-07 | 賁其須，與上興也。 | Their beard is adorned because it rises together with the person above it. |
| Hexagram 41 Great ImageXIANG-L-41-01 | 永貞之吉，終莫之陵也。 | The good fortune consequent on their ever maintaining steadfastness is due to this,; that to the end no one will insult them. |
| Hexagram 41 Line Image 1XIANG-L-41-02 | 六四，當位疑也。匪寇婚媾，終无尤也。 | The place occupied by the fourth yielding line, affords ground for doubt as to its subject; but as the person represented by the third pursues not as a robber, but as intent on a matrimonial alliance, the person will in the end have no grudge against them. |
| Hexagram 41 Line Image 2XIANG-L-41-03 | 六五之吉，有喜也。 | The good fortune falling to the fifth yielding line, affords occasion for joy. |
| Hexagram 41 Line Image 3XIANG-L-41-04 | 白賁无咎，上得志也。 | The freedom from error attached to the person represented by the topmost line, with no ornament but the simple white, shows how the person has attained their aim. |
| Hexagram 41 Line Image 4XIANG-L-41-05 | 山附地上，剝；上以厚下，安宅。 | The trigrams representing the earth, and above it that for a mountain, which adheres to the earth, form Po. Superiors, following this image, seek to strengthen those below them, to secure the peace and stability of their own position. |
| Hexagram 41 Line Image 5XIANG-L-41-06 | 剝牀以足，以滅下也。 | The person overthrows the couch by injuring its legs: therefore the person commences their work of ruin with what is lowest in the noble person. |
| Hexagram 41 Line Image 6XIANG-L-41-07 | 剝牀以辨，未有與也。 | The person destroys the couch by injuring its frame: the noble person has as yet no associates. |
| Hexagram 42 Great ImageXIANG-L-42-01 | 剝之无咎，失上下也。 | That there is no blame on the part of this one among the overthrowers arises from the difference between them and the others above and below. |
| Hexagram 42 Line Image 1XIANG-L-42-02 | 剝牀以膚，切近災也。 | The person has overthrown the couch, and proceeds to injure the skin of them who lies on it: serious trouble is very near at hand. |
| Hexagram 42 Line Image 2XIANG-L-42-03 | 以宮人寵，終无尤也。 | The person obtains for them the favour that lights on the inmates of the palace: in the end this will bring no grudge against them. |
| Hexagram 42 Line Image 3XIANG-L-42-04 | 君子得輿，民所載也。小人剝廬，終不可用也。 | The noble person finds themself in a carriage: the person is carried along by the people. The lesser people by their course overthrow their own dwellings: they can never again be of use to them. |
| Hexagram 42 Line Image 4XIANG-L-42-05 | 雷在地中，復；先王以至日閉關，商旅不行，后不省方。 | The trigram representing the earth and that for thunder in the midst of it form Fu. The ancient kings, following this image, on the day of the winter solstice, shut the gates of the passes from one state to another, so that the travelling merchants could not then pursue their journeys, nor the princes go on with the inspection of their states. |
| Hexagram 42 Line Image 5XIANG-L-42-06 | 不遠之復，以修身也。 | This line or image shows that returning from an error of no great extent is the prelude to the cultivation of the person. |
| Hexagram 42 Line Image 6XIANG-L-42-07 | 休復之吉，以下仁也。 | The good fortune attendant on the admirable return of the person represented by the second line is due to their condescension to the virtuous subject of the line below. |
| Hexagram 43 Great ImageXIANG-L-43-01 | 頻復之厲，義无咎也。 | Notwithstanding the dangerous position of them who has made many returns, there is no blame through their aiming after righteousness. |
| Hexagram 43 Line Image 1XIANG-L-43-02 | 中行獨復，以從道也。 | The person moves right in the centre among those represented by the other divided lines, and yet returns alone: their object is to pursue the proper path. |
| Hexagram 43 Line Image 2XIANG-L-43-03 | 敦復无悔，中以自考也。 | The noble return, giving no ground for repentance, is due to the person represented by the line striving to perfect themself in accordance with their central position. |
| Hexagram 43 Line Image 3XIANG-L-43-04 | 迷復之凶，反君道也。 | The misfortune consequent on being all astray on the person represented by returning is because the course pursued is contrary to the proper course for a ruler. |
| Hexagram 43 Line Image 4XIANG-L-43-05 | 天下雷行，物與无妄；先王以茂對時，育萬物。 | The thunder rolls all in the world, and to everything there is given its nature, free from all insincerity. The ancient kings, following this image, made their regulations in complete accordance with the seasons, thereby nourishing all things. |
| Hexagram 43 Line Image 5XIANG-L-43-06 | 无妄之往，得志也。 | When the person who is free from insincerity makes any movement, the person will get what the person desires. |
| Hexagram 43 Line Image 6XIANG-L-43-07 | 不耕穫，未富也。 | The person reaps without having ploughed: the thought of riches to be got had not risen in their mind. |
| Hexagram 44 Great ImageXIANG-L-44-01 | 行人得牛，邑人災也。 | The passer-by gets the ox: this proves a serious trouble to the people of the neighbourhood. |
| Hexagram 44 Line Image 1XIANG-L-44-02 | 可貞无咎，固有之也。 | If the person can remain steadfast and right there is no blame: the person firmly holds fast their correctness. |
| Hexagram 44 Line Image 2XIANG-L-44-03 | 无妄之藥，不可試也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: medicine in the case of one who is free from insincerity!; it should not be tried at all. |
| Hexagram 44 Line Image 3XIANG-L-44-04 | 无妄之行，窮之災也。 | The action in this case of one who is free from insincerity will occasion the serious trouble arisinofrom action when the time for it is exhausted. |
| Hexagram 44 Line Image 4XIANG-L-44-05 | 天在山中，大畜；君子以多識前言往行，以畜其德。 | The trigram representing a mountain, and in the midst of it that representing heaven, form Ta Khu.. The noble person, following this image, stores largely in their memory the words and deeds of former men, to subserve the accumulation of their virtue. |
| Hexagram 44 Line Image 5XIANG-L-44-06 | 有厲利已，不犯災也。 | The person is in a position of danger; it will be beneficial for them to stop their advance: the person should not rashly expose themself to serious trouble. |
| Hexagram 44 Line Image 6XIANG-L-44-07 | 輿說輹，中无尤也。 | The person is as a carriage from which the strap under it has been removed: being in the central position, the person will incur no blame. |
| Hexagram 45 Great ImageXIANG-L-45-01 | 利有攸往，上合志也。 | This will bring advantage in whatever direction the person may advance: the person represented by the topmost line is of the same mind with them. |
| Hexagram 45 Line Image 1XIANG-L-45-02 | 六四元吉，有喜也。 | The great good fortune shown by the fourth yielding line, shows that there is occasion for joy. |
| Hexagram 45 Line Image 2XIANG-L-45-03 | 六五之吉，有慶也。 | The good fortune shown by the fifth yielding line, shows that there is occasion for congratulation. |
| Hexagram 45 Line Image 3XIANG-L-45-04 | 何天之衢，道大行也。 | In command of the firmament of heaven: the way is clearly open for movement. |
| Hexagram 45 Line Image 4XIANG-L-45-05 | 山下有雷，頤；君子以慎言語，節飲食。 | The trigram representing a mountain and under it that for thunder form I. The noble person, following this image, enjoins watchfulness over our words, and the temperate regulation of our eating and drinking. |
| Hexagram 45 Line Image 5XIANG-L-45-06 | 觀我朵頤，亦不足貴也。 | You look at me till your lower jaw hangs down: the person represented by the line is therefore shown unfit to be thought noble. |
| Hexagram 45 Line Image 6XIANG-L-45-07 | 六二征凶，行失類也。 | The misfortune of advance by the person represented by the second yielding line, is because of their leaving in their movements their proper associates. |
| Hexagram 46 Great ImageXIANG-L-46-01 | 十年勿用，道大悖也。 | For ten years let them not take any action: their course is greatly opposed to what is right. |
| Hexagram 46 Line Image 1XIANG-L-46-02 | 顛頤之吉，上施光也。 | This line or image shows that the good fortune attached to looking downwards for the power to nourish, shows how brilliant will be the diffusion of that power from the person represented by the lines superior position. |
| Hexagram 46 Line Image 2XIANG-L-46-03 | 居貞之吉，順以從上也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: the good fortune from abiding in firmness is due to the docility of the person represented by the line in following the person represented by the line above. |
| Hexagram 46 Line Image 3XIANG-L-46-04 | 由頤厲吉，大有慶也。 | The good fortune, notwithstanding the danger of their position, of them from whom comes the nourishing, affords great cause for congratulation. |
| Hexagram 46 Line Image 4XIANG-L-46-05 | 澤滅木，大過。君子以獨立不懼，遯世无悶。 | The trigram representing trees hidden beneath that for the waters of a marsh forms T a. Kwo. The noble person, following this image, stands up alone and has no fear, and keeps retired from the world without regret. |
| Hexagram 46 Line Image 5XIANG-L-46-06 | 藉用白茅，柔在下也。 | The person places mats of the white ma.3 grass under things set on the ground: the person feels their weakness and their being in the lowest place, and uses extraordinary care. |
| Hexagram 46 Line Image 6XIANG-L-46-07 | 老夫女妻，過以相與也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: an old husband and a young wife: such association is extraordinary. |
| Hexagram 47 Great ImageXIANG-L-47-01 | 棟橈之凶，不可以有輔也。 | c The misfortune connected with the beam that is weak arises from this, that no help can be given to the condition therefore represented. |
| Hexagram 47 Line Image 1XIANG-L-47-02 | 棟隆之吉，不橈乎下也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: the good fortune connected with the beam curving upwards arises from this, that it does not bend towards what is below. |
| Hexagram 47 Line Image 2XIANG-L-47-03 | 枯楊生華，何可久也。老婦士夫，亦可丑也。 | This line or image shows that a decayed willow produces flowers: but how can this secure its long continuance? An old wife and a young husband: this also is a thing to be ashamed of. |
| Hexagram 47 Line Image 3XIANG-L-47-04 | 過涉之凶，不可咎也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: evil follows wading with extraordinary boldness through the stream: but the act affords no ground for blame. |
| Hexagram 47 Line Image 4XIANG-L-47-05 | 水洊至，習坎；君子以常德行，習教事。 | The representation of water flowing on continuously forms the repeated Kan. The noble person, following this image, maintains constantly the virtue of their heart and the integrity of their conduct, and practises the business of instruction. |
| Hexagram 47 Line Image 5XIANG-L-47-06 | 習坎入坎，失道凶也。 | Tn the double defile, the person enters a cavern within it: the person has missed their proper way, and this brings misfortune. |
| Hexagram 47 Line Image 6XIANG-L-47-07 | 求小得，未出中也。 | The person will get a little of the deliverance that the person seeks: the person will not yet escape from their environed position. |
| Hexagram 48 Great ImageXIANG-L-48-01 | 來之坎坎，終无功也。 | Whether the person comes or goes, the person is confronted by a defile: the person will never in such circumstances achieve any success. |
| Hexagram 48 Line Image 1XIANG-L-48-02 | 樽酒簋貳，剛柔济也。 | This line or image shows that nothing but a bottle of spirits and a subsidiary basket of rice: these describe the meeting at this point of those who are represented by the strong and weak lines. |
| Hexagram 48 Line Image 2XIANG-L-48-03 | 坎不盈，中未大也。 | The water in the defile is not full so as to flow away: the virtue shown by the central situation is not yet sufficiently great. |
| Hexagram 48 Line Image 3XIANG-L-48-04 | 上六失道，凶三歲也。 | The sixth line, divided, shows its subject missing their proper course: this brings misfortune for three years. |
| Hexagram 48 Line Image 4XIANG-L-48-05 | 明兩作離，大人以繼明照于四方。 | The trigram for brightness, repeated, forms Li. The person of mature character, following this image, cultivates more and more their brilliant virtue, and diffuses its brightness over the four quarters of the land. |
| Hexagram 48 Line Image 5XIANG-L-48-06 | 履錯之敬，以辟咎也。 | The reverent attention directed to their confused steps is the way by which error is avoided. |
| Hexagram 48 Line Image 6XIANG-L-48-07 | 黃離元吉，得中道也。 | The great good fortune from the person represented by the second line occupying their place in yellow is because of their holding the course of the due mean. |
| Hexagram 49 Great ImageXIANG-L-49-01 | 日昃之離，何可久也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: a position like that of the declining sun: how can it continue long? |
| Hexagram 49 Line Image 1XIANG-L-49-02 | 突如其來如，无所容也。 | How abrupt is the manner of their coming!; none can bear with them. |
| Hexagram 49 Line Image 2XIANG-L-49-03 | 六五之吉，離王公也。 | The good fortune attached to the fifth yielding line, is due to its occupying the place of a king or a prince. |
| Hexagram 49 Line Image 3XIANG-L-49-04 | 王用出征，以正邦也。 | The king employs them in their punitive expeditions: the object is to bring the regions to a correct state. |
| Hexagram 49 Line Image 4XIANG-L-49-05 | 山上有澤，咸；君子以虛受人。 | The trigram representing a mountain and above it that for the waters of a marsh form Xian. The noble person, following this image, keeps their mind free from pre-occupation, and open to receive the influences of others. |
| Hexagram 49 Line Image 5XIANG-L-49-06 | 咸其拇，志在外也。 | The person moves their great toe: their mind is set on what is beyond themself. |
| Hexagram 49 Line Image 6XIANG-L-49-07 | 雖凶，居吉，順不害也。 | Though there would be misfortune; yet, if the person abide quiet in their place, this brings good fortune: through compliance with the circumstances of their condition and place this will bring no injury. |
| Hexagram 50 Great ImageXIANG-L-50-01 | 咸其股，亦不處也。志在隨人，所執下也。 | The person moves their thighs: the person still does not want to rest in their place. Their will is set on following others: what the person holds in their grasp is low. |
| Hexagram 50 Line Image 1XIANG-L-50-02 | 貞吉悔亡，未感害也。憧憧往來，未光大也。 | Firm correctness will lead to good fortune, and prevent all cause for regret: there has not yet been any harm from a selfish wish to influence. The person is unsettled in their movements: their power to influence is not yet either brilliant or great. |
| Hexagram 50 Line Image 2XIANG-L-50-03 | 咸其脢，志末也。 | The person tries to move the flesh along the spine above the heart: their aim is trivial. |
| Hexagram 50 Line Image 3XIANG-L-50-04 | 咸其輔，頰，舌，滕口說也。 | The person moves their jaws and tongue: the person only talks with loquacious mouth. |
| Hexagram 50 Line Image 4XIANG-L-50-05 | 雷風，恆；君子以立不易方。 | The trigram representing thunder and that for wind form Hang. The noble person, following this image, stands firm, and does not change their method of operation. |
| Hexagram 50 Line Image 5XIANG-L-50-06 | 浚恆之凶，始求深也。 | The misfortune attached to the deep desire for long continuance in the person represented by the first line arises from the deep seeking for it at the commencement of things. |
| Hexagram 50 Line Image 6XIANG-L-50-07 | 九二悔亡，能久中也。 | All cause for regret? on the part of the person represented by the second firm line, disappears: the person can abide long in the due mean. |
| Hexagram 51 Great ImageXIANG-L-51-01 | 不恆其德，无所容也。 | The person does not continuously maintain their virtue: nowhere will the person be borne with. |
| Hexagram 51 Line Image 1XIANG-L-51-02 | 久非其位，安得禽也。 | Going for long to what is not their proper place, how can the person get game? |
| Hexagram 51 Line Image 2XIANG-L-51-03 | 婦人貞吉，從一而終也。夫子制義，從婦凶也。 | Such steadfastness in a wife will be fortunate: it is hers to the end of life to follow with an unchanged mind. The husband must decide what is right, and lay down the rule accordingly: for them to follow like a wife is misfortune. |
| Hexagram 51 Line Image 3XIANG-L-51-04 | 振恆在上，大无功也。 | The subject of the topmost line is exciting themself to long continuance: far will the person be from achieving merit. |
| Hexagram 51 Line Image 4XIANG-L-51-05 | 天下有山，遯；君子以遠小人，不惡而嚴。 | The trigram representing the sky and below it that for a mountain form Dun. The noble person, following this image, keeps lesser people at a distance, not by showing that the person hates them, but by their own dignified gravity. |
| Hexagram 51 Line Image 5XIANG-L-51-06 | 遯尾之厲，不往何災也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: there is the danger of the position shown by the retiring tail: but if no movement be made, what disaster can there be? |
| Hexagram 51 Line Image 6XIANG-L-51-07 | 執用黃牛，固志也。 | The person holds it*as by a thong from the hide of a yellow ox: their purpose is firm. |
| Hexagram 52 Great ImageXIANG-L-52-01 | 系遯之厲，有疾憊也。畜臣妾吉，不可大事也。 | The danger connected with the case of one retiring, though bound, is due to the consequent distress and exhaustion. If the person were to deal as in nourishing a servant or concubine, it would be fortunate for them: but a great affair cannot be dealt with in this way. |
| Hexagram 52 Line Image 1XIANG-L-52-02 | 君子好遯，小人否也。 | A noble person retires notwithstanding their likings; a petty person cannot attain to this. |
| Hexagram 52 Line Image 2XIANG-L-52-03 | 嘉遯貞吉，以正志也。 | The person retires in an admirable way, and with steadfastness this brings good fortune: this is due to the rectitude of their purpose. |
| Hexagram 52 Line Image 3XIANG-L-52-04 | 肥遯，无不利；无所疑也。 | The person retires in a noble way, and their doing so will be beneficial in every respect: the person who does so has no doubts about their course. |
| Hexagram 52 Line Image 4XIANG-L-52-05 | 雷在天上，大壯；君子以非禮弗履。 | The trigram representing heaven and above it that for thunder form Ta Tsfwang. The noble person, following this image, does not take a step which is not according to propriety. |
| Hexagram 52 Line Image 5XIANG-L-52-06 | 壯于趾，其孚窮也。 | The person manifests their vigour in their toes: this will certainly lead to exhaustion. |
| Hexagram 52 Line Image 6XIANG-L-52-07 | 九二貞吉，以中也。 | The second line, undivided, shows that with steadfastness this brings good fortune: this is due to its being in the centre, and its subject exemplifying the due mean. |
| Hexagram 53 Great ImageXIANG-L-53-01 | 小人用壯，君子罔也。 | The petty person uses all their strength; in the case of the noble person it is their rule not to do so. |
| Hexagram 53 Line Image 1XIANG-L-53-02 | 藩決不羸，尚往也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: the fence is opened and the horns are not entangled: the person represented by the line still advances. |
| Hexagram 53 Line Image 2XIANG-L-53-03 | 喪羊于易，位不當也。 | The person loses their ram and hardly perceives it: the person is not in their appropriate place. |
| Hexagram 53 Line Image 3XIANG-L-53-04 | 不能退，不能遂，不詳也。艱則吉，咎不長也。 | The person is unable either to retreat or to advance: this is because of their want of care. If the person realise the difficulty of their position, this brings good fortune: their error will not be prolonged. |
| Hexagram 53 Line Image 4XIANG-L-53-05 | 明出地上，晉；君子以自昭明德。 | The trigram representing the earth and that for the bright sun coming forth above it form Jin. The noble person, according to this, gives themself to make more brilliant their bright virtue. |
| Hexagram 53 Line Image 5XIANG-L-53-06 | 晉如，摧如；獨行正也。裕无咎；未受命也。 | The person appears wishing to advance, but at the same time being kept back: all-alone the person pursues the correct course. Let them maintain a larofe and generous mind, and there is no blame: the person has not yet received an official charge. |
| Hexagram 53 Line Image 6XIANG-L-53-07 | 受茲介福，以中正也。 | The person will receive this great blessing: for the person is in the central place and the correct position for them. |
| Hexagram 54 Great ImageXIANG-L-54-01 | 眾允之志，上行也。 | All around trust them: their common aim is to move upwards and act. |
| Hexagram 54 Line Image 1XIANG-L-54-02 | 鼫鼠貞厲，位不當也。 | The person advances like a marmot. However steadfast and right the person may be, their position is one of danger: their place is not that appropriate for them. |
| Hexagram 54 Line Image 2XIANG-L-54-03 | 失得勿恤，往有慶也。 | Let them not concern themself whether the person fails or succeeds: their movement in advance will afford ground for congratulation. |
| Hexagram 54 Line Image 3XIANG-L-54-04 | 維用伐邑，道未光也。 | The person uses their horns only to punish the rebellious people of their city: their course of procedure is not yet brilliant. |
| Hexagram 54 Line Image 4XIANG-L-54-05 | 明入地中，明夷；君子以蒞眾，用晦而明。 | The trigram representing the earth and that for the bright sun entering within it form Ming 1. The noble person, following this image, conducts their management of men; the person shows their intelligence by keeping it obscured. |
| Hexagram 54 Line Image 5XIANG-L-54-06 | 君子于行，義不食也。 | The noble person is revolving their going away: in such a case the person feels it right not to eat. |
| Hexagram 54 Line Image 6XIANG-L-54-07 | 六二之吉，順以則也。 | The good fortune of the person represented by the second yielding line, is due to the proper fashion of their actinor according to their circumstances. |
| Hexagram 55 Great ImageXIANG-L-55-01 | 南狩之志，乃大得也。 | This line or image shows that with the aim represented by hunting in the south a great achievement is accomplished. |
| Hexagram 55 Line Image 1XIANG-L-55-02 | 入于左腹，獲心意也。 | The person has just entered into the left side of the belly of the dark land: the person is still able to carry out the idea in their inner mind. |
| Hexagram 55 Line Image 2XIANG-L-55-03 | 箕子之貞，明不可息也。 | With the steadfastness of the count of Ji their brightness could not be quite extinguished. |
| Hexagram 55 Line Image 3XIANG-L-55-04 | 初登于天，照四國也。后入于地，失則也。 | The person had at first ascended to the top of the sky: the person might have enlightened the four quarters of the kingdom. Their future will be to go into the earth: the person has failed to fulfil the model of a ruler. |
| Hexagram 55 Line Image 4XIANG-L-55-05 | 風自火出，家人；君子以言有物，而行有恆。 | The trigram representing fire, and that for wind coming forth from it, form Afia. Zan. The noble person, following this image, orders their words according to the truth of things, and their conduct so that it is uniformly consistent. |
| Hexagram 55 Line Image 5XIANG-L-55-06 | 閑有家，志未變也。 | The person establishes restrictive regulations in their household: the person does so, before any change has taken place in their wills. |
| Hexagram 55 Line Image 6XIANG-L-55-07 | 六二之吉，順以巽也。 | The good fortune attached to the second yielding line, is due to the docility of its subject, operating with humility. |
| Hexagram 56 Great ImageXIANG-L-56-01 | 家人嗃嗃，未失也；婦子嘻嘻，失家節也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: when the members of the household are treated with stern severity, there has been no great failure in the regulation of the family. When wife and children are smirking and chattering, the proper economy of the family has been lost. |
| Hexagram 56 Line Image 1XIANG-L-56-02 | 富家大吉，順在位也。 | This line or image shows that the family is enriched, and there is great good fortune: this is due to the docility belonging to the person represented by the line, and its being in its correct place. |
| Hexagram 56 Line Image 2XIANG-L-56-03 | 王假有家，交相愛也。 | The influence of the king extends to their family: the intercourse between them is that of mutual love. |
| Hexagram 56 Line Image 3XIANG-L-56-04 | 威如之吉，反身之謂也。 | This line or image shows that the good fortune connected with the display of majesty describes the result of the recovery of the true character. |
| Hexagram 56 Line Image 4XIANG-L-56-05 | 上火下澤，睽；君子以同而異。 | The trigram representing fire above, and that for the waters of a marsh below, form Kui. The noble person, following this image, where there is a general agreement, yet admits diversity. |
| Hexagram 56 Line Image 5XIANG-L-56-06 | 見惡人，以辟咎也。 | The person meets with bad men and communicates with them: the person does so, to avoid the misfortune of their condemnation. |
| Hexagram 56 Line Image 6XIANG-L-56-07 | 遇主于巷，未失道也。 | The person happens to meet with their lord in a byepassage: but the person has not deviated for this meeting from the proper course. |
| Hexagram 57 Great ImageXIANG-L-57-01 | 見輿曳，位不當也。无初有終，遇剛也。 | their carriage dragged back: this is shown by the inappropriateness of the position of the line. |
| Hexagram 57 Line Image 1XIANG-L-57-02 | 交孚无咎，志行也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: they blend their sincere desires together, and there is no blame: their common aim is carried into effect. |
| Hexagram 57 Line Image 2XIANG-L-57-03 | 厥宗噬膚，往有慶也。 | With their hereditary minister the person unites closely and easily as if the person were biting through a piece of skin: their going forward will afford ground for congratulation. |
| Hexagram 57 Line Image 3XIANG-L-57-04 | 遇雨之吉，群疑亡也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: the good fortune symbolised by meeting with genial rain springs from the passing away of all doubts. |
| Hexagram 57 Line Image 4XIANG-L-57-05 | 山上有水，蹇；君子以反身修德。 | The trigram representing a mountain, and above it that for water, form Jian. The noble person, following this image, turns round and examines themself, and cultivates their virtue. |
| Hexagram 57 Line Image 5XIANG-L-57-06 | 往蹇來譽，宜待也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: advancing will conduct to greater difficulties, while remaining stationary will afford ground for praise: the proper course is to wait. |
| Hexagram 57 Line Image 6XIANG-L-57-07 | 王臣蹇蹇，終无尤也。 | The minister of the king struggles with difficulty on difficulty: in the end no blame will be attached to them. |
| Hexagram 58 Great ImageXIANG-L-58-01 | 往蹇來反，內喜之也。 | The person advances, but only to greater difficulty; the person remains stationary, and returns to their former associates: they, represented in the inner trigram, rejoice in them. |
| Hexagram 58 Line Image 1XIANG-L-58-02 | 往蹇來連，當位實也。 | To advance will only be to encounter greater difficulties; the person remains stationary, and unites with the person represented by the line above: that is in its proper place and has the solidity due to it in that position. |
| Hexagram 58 Line Image 2XIANG-L-58-03 | 大蹇朋來，以中節也。 | The person struggles with the greatest difficulties, while friends are coming to help them: the person is in the central position, and possesses the requisite virtue. |
| Hexagram 58 Line Image 3XIANG-L-58-04 | 往蹇來碩，志在內也。利見大人，以從貴也。 | To advance will only increase the difficulties, while their remaining stationary will be productive of great merit: their aim is to assist the person described by the line inside of them. |
| Hexagram 58 Line Image 4XIANG-L-58-05 | 雷雨作，解；君子以赦過宥罪。 | The trigram representing thunder and that for rain, with these phenomena in a state of manifestation, form Jie. The noble person, following this image, forgives errors, and deals gently with crimes. |
| Hexagram 58 Line Image 5XIANG-L-58-06 | 剛柔之際，義无咎也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: the strong fourth line and the weak line here are in correlation: we judge rightly in saying that its subject will commit no error. |
| Hexagram 58 Line Image 6XIANG-L-58-07 | 九二貞吉，得中道也。 | The good fortune springing from the steadfastness of the second firm line, is due to its subject holding the due mean. |
| Hexagram 59 Great ImageXIANG-L-59-01 | 負且乘，亦可丑也，自我致戎，又誰咎也。 | For a porter with their burden to be riding in a carriage is a thing to be ashamed of. It is the person themself that tempts the robbers to come: on whom besides can we lay the blame? |
| Hexagram 59 Line Image 1XIANG-L-59-02 | 解而拇，未當位也。 | This line or image shows that remove your toes: the places of this line and of the third and first are all inappropriate to them. |
| Hexagram 59 Line Image 2XIANG-L-59-03 | 君子有解，小人退也。 | When the noble person executes their function of removing whatever is injurious to the idea of the hexagram, lesser people will of themselves retire. |
| Hexagram 59 Line Image 3XIANG-L-59-04 | 公用射隼，以解悖也。 | A prince with their bow shoots a falcon: therefore the person removes the promoters of rebellion. |
| Hexagram 59 Line Image 4XIANG-L-59-05 | 山下有澤，損；君子以懲忿窒欲。 | The trigram representing a mountain and beneath it that for the waters of a marsh form Sun. The noble person, following this image, restrains their wrath and represses their desires. |
| Hexagram 59 Line Image 5XIANG-L-59-06 | 已事遄往，尚合志也。 | The person suspends their own affairs and hurries away to help the person represented by the fourth line: the subject of that upper line mingles their wishes with their. |
| Hexagram 59 Line Image 6XIANG-L-59-07 | 九二利貞，中以為志也。 | It will be beneficial for the person represented by the second firm line, to maintain their steadfastness: their central position gives its character to their aim. |
| Hexagram 60 Great ImageXIANG-L-60-01 | 一人行，三則疑也。 | One man, walking, finds their friend: when three are together, doubts rise among them. |
| Hexagram 60 Line Image 1XIANG-L-60-02 | 損其疾，亦可喜也。 | The person diminishes the ailment under which the person labours: this is matter for joy. |
| Hexagram 60 Line Image 2XIANG-L-60-03 | 六五元吉，自上佑也。 | The great good fortune attached to the fifth yielding line, is due to the blessing from above. |
| Hexagram 60 Line Image 3XIANG-L-60-04 | 弗損益之，大得志也。 | The person gives increase to others without taking from what is their own: the person obtains their wish on a grand scale. |
| Hexagram 60 Line Image 4XIANG-L-60-05 | 風雷，益；君子以見善則遷，有過則改。 | The trigram representing wind and that for thunder form Yi. The noble person, following this image, when the person sees what is good, moves towards it; and when the person sees their errors, the person turns from them. |
| Hexagram 60 Line Image 5XIANG-L-60-06 | 元吉无咎，下不厚事也。 | If the movement be greatly fortunate, no blame will be imputed to them: though it is not for one in so low a position to have to do with great affairs. |
| Hexagram 60 Line Image 6XIANG-L-60-07 | 或益之，自外來也。 | Parties add to their stores: they come from beyond their immediate circle to do so. |
| Hexagram 61 Great ImageXIANG-L-61-01 | 益用凶事，固有之也。 | Increase is given by means of what is misfortune and difficult: as the person has in themself the qualities called forth. |
| Hexagram 61 Line Image 1XIANG-L-61-02 | 告公從，以益志也。 | Their advice to their prince is followed: their only object in it being the increase of the general good. |
| Hexagram 61 Line Image 2XIANG-L-61-03 | 有孚惠心，勿問之矣。惠我德，大得志也。 | The ruler with sincere heart seeks to benefit all below: there need be no question about the result. All below with sincere heart acknowledge their goodness: the person gets what the person desires on a great scale. |
| Hexagram 61 Line Image 3XIANG-L-61-04 | 莫益之，偏辭也。或擊之，自外來也。 | To their increase none will contribute: this expresses but half the result. Many will seek to assail them: they will come from beyond their immediate circle to do so. |
| Hexagram 61 Line Image 4XIANG-L-61-05 | 澤上于天，夬；君子以施祿及下，居德則忌。 | The trigram representing heaven and that for the waters of a marsh mounting above it form Guai. The noble person, following this image, bestows official reward on those below them, and dislikes allowing their gifts to accumulate undispensed. |
| Hexagram 61 Line Image 5XIANG-L-61-06 | 不勝而往，咎也。 | Without being able to succeed, the person goes forward: this is an error. |
| Hexagram 61 Line Image 6XIANG-L-61-07 | 莫夜有戎，得中道也。 | Though hostile measures be taken against them, the person need not be anxious: the person pursues the course of the due mean. |
| Hexagram 62 Great ImageXIANG-L-62-01 | 君子夬夬，終无咎也。 | This line or image shows that the noble person looks bent on cutting off the culprit: there will in the end be no error. |
| Hexagram 62 Line Image 1XIANG-L-62-02 | 其行次且，位不當也。聞言不信，聰不明也。 | The person walks slowly and with difficulty: the person is not in the place appropriate to them. |
| Hexagram 62 Line Image 2XIANG-L-62-03 | 中行无咎，中未光也。 | If their action be in harmony with their central position, there is no blame: but their standing in the due mean is not yet clearly displayed. |
| Hexagram 62 Line Image 3XIANG-L-62-04 | 无號之凶，終不可長也。 | There is the misery of having none on whom to call: the end will be that the person cannot continue any longer. |
| Hexagram 62 Line Image 4XIANG-L-62-05 | 天下有風，姤；后以施命誥四方。 | The trigram representing wind and that for the sky above it form Gou. The sovereign, following this image, delivers their charges, and promulgates their announcements throughout the four quarters of the kingdom. |
| Hexagram 62 Line Image 5XIANG-L-62-06 | 系于金柅，柔道牽也。 | The image gives this practical lesson: tied and fastened to a metal drag: this describes the arrest of the weak line in its advancing course. |
| Hexagram 62 Line Image 6XIANG-L-62-07 | 包有魚，義不及賓也。 | The person has a wallet of fish: it is right for them not to allow the person represented by the first line to get to the guests. |
| Hexagram 63 Great ImageXIANG-L-63-01 | 其行次且，行未牽也。 | The person walks with difficulty: but their steps have not yet been drawn into the course of the first line. |
| Hexagram 63 Line Image 1XIANG-L-63-02 | 无魚之凶，遠民也。 | The misfortune shown by there being no fish in the wallet is because of the person represented by the line keeping themself aloof from the people. |
| Hexagram 63 Line Image 2XIANG-L-63-03 | 九五含章，中正也。有隕自天，志不舍命也。 | The subject of the fifth firm line, keeps their brilliant qualities concealed: as is shown by their central and correct position. |
| Hexagram 63 Line Image 3XIANG-L-63-04 | 姤其角，上窮吝也。 | The person receives others on their horns: the person is exhausted at their greatest height, and this will bring cause for regret. |
| Hexagram 63 Line Image 4XIANG-L-63-05 | 澤上于地，萃；君子以除戎器，戒不虞。 | The trigram representing the earth and that for the waters of a marsh raised above it form Cui. The noble person, following this image, has their weapons of war put in good repair, to be prepared against unforeseen contingencies. |
| Hexagram 63 Line Image 5XIANG-L-63-06 | 乃亂乃萃，其志亂也。 | In consequence disorder is brought into the sphere of their union: their mind and aim are thrown into confusion. |
| Hexagram 63 Line Image 6XIANG-L-63-07 | 引吉无咎，中未變也。 | The person is led forward; this brings good fortune, and freedom from error: the virtue proper to their central place has not undergone any change. |
| Hexagram 64 Great ImageXIANG-L-64-01 | 往无咎，上巽也。 | If the person go forward, the person will not err: in the person represented by the topmost line there is humility and condescension. |
| Hexagram 64 Line Image 1XIANG-L-64-02 | 大吉无咎，位不當也。 | If the person be clearly fortunate, the person will receive no blame: this condition is necessary, because their position is not the one proper to them. |
| Hexagram 64 Line Image 2XIANG-L-64-03 | 萃有位，志未光也。 | There is the union of all under them in the place of dignity: but their mind and aim have not yet been brilliantly displayed. |
| Hexagram 64 Line Image 3XIANG-L-64-04 | 齎咨涕洟，未安上也。 | The person sighs and weeps: the person does not yet rest in their topmost position. |
| Hexagram 64 Line Image 4XIANG-L-64-05 | 地中生木，升；君子以順德，積小以高大。 | The trigram representing wood and that for the earth with the wood growing in the midst of it form Shang. The noble person, following this image, pays careful attention to their virtue, and accumulates the small developments of it till it is high and great. |
| Hexagram 64 Line Image 5XIANG-L-64-06 | 允升大吉，上合志也。 | The person is welcomed in their advance upwards, and this will bring great good fortune: the subjects of the upper trigram are of the same mind with them. |
| Hexagram 64 Line Image 6XIANG-L-64-07 | 九二之孚，有喜也。 | This line or image shows that the sincerity of the second nine brings joy. |