解
XièUpper: Thunder · 震 · Lower: Water · 坎
Judgment利西南，无所往，其来复吉。有攸往，夙吉。
In plain wordsIt favors the southwest; if there is nowhere to go, returning is fortunate, and if there is somewhere to go, it is best to act early. After difficulty is resolved, get back to stability soon and do what needs doing early.
The imageThunder above, water below: thunder and rain arrive together and everything unfolds, so danger and difficulty are released.
A hint for youOnce a hard stretch is over, do not keep the tension inside. Forgive past mistakes, tie up loose ends in good time, and then travel light.
Line texts (bottom to top)
- 初六无咎。The first line, divided, shows that its subject will commit no error.
- 九二田获三狐，得黄矢，贞吉。The second line, undivided, shows its subject catch, in hunting, three foxes, and obtain the yellow (= golden) arrows. With firm correctness there will be good fortune.
- 六三负且乘，致寇至，贞吝。The third line, divided, shows a porter with his burden, (yet) riding in a carriage. He will (only) tempt robbers to attack him. However firm and correct he may (try to) be, there will be cause for regret.
- 九四解而拇，朋至斯孚。(To the subject of) the fourth line, undivided, (it is said), 'Remove your toes. Friends will (then) come, between you and whom there will be mutual confidence.'
- 六五君子惟有解，吉；有孚于小人。The fifth line, divided, shows (its subject), the superior man (= the ruler), executing his function of removing (whatever is injurious to the idea of the hexagram), in which case there will be good fortune, and confidence in him will be shown even by the small men.
- 上六公用射隼，于高墉之上，获之，无不利。In the sixth line, divided, we see a feudal prince (with his bow) shooting at a falcon on the top of a high wall, and hitting it. (The effect of his action) will be in every way advantageous.
Release; let tension go
For entertainment and self-reflection only