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KuíUpper: Fire · 离 · Lower: Marsh · 兑
Judgment小事吉。
In plain wordsIn small matters, good fortune. People disagree and go different ways, so great things are hard to agree on, but in small matters one can still find common ground while keeping differences and achieve something.
The imageFire above, lake below: fire rises and water sinks, so they turn away from each other; a picture of estrangement and difference.
A hint for youYou do not have to force agreement when you differ. Start from what you share, do small things together and build trust, and differences may become complementary.
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- 初九悔亡，丧马勿逐，自复；见恶人无咎。The first line, undivided, shows that (to its subject) occasion for repentance will disappear. He has lost his horses, but let him not seek for them;—they will return of themselves. Should he meet with bad men, he will not err (in communicating with them).
- 九二遇主于巷，无咎。The second line, undivided, shows its subject happening to meet with his lord in a bye-passage. There will be no error.
- 六三见舆曳，其牛𧤊，其人天且劓，无初有终。In the third line, divided, we see one whose carriage is dragged back, while the oxen in it are pushed back, and he is himself subjected to the shaving of his head and the cutting off of his nose. There is no good beginning, but there will be a good end.
- 九四睽孤，遇元夫，交孚，厉无咎。The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject solitary amidst the (prevailing) disunion. (But) he meets with the good man (represented by the first line), and they blend their sincere desires together. The position is one of peril, but there will be no mistake.
- 六五悔亡，厥宗噬肤，往何咎。The fifth line, divided, shows that (to its subject) occasion for repentance will disappear. With his relative (and minister he unites closely and readily) as if he were biting through a piece of skin. When he goes forward (with this help), what error can there be?
- 上九睽孤，见豕负涂，载鬼一车，先张之弧，后说之弧，匪寇婚媾，往遇雨则吉。The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject solitary amidst the (prevailing) disunion. (In the subject of the third line, he seems to) see a pig bearing on its back a load of mud, (or fancies) there is a carriage full of ghosts. He first bends his bow against him, and afterwards unbends it, (for he discovers) that he is not an assailant to injure, but a near relative. Going forward, he shall meet with (genial) rain, and there will be good fortune.
Opposition; find common ground
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