涣
HuànUpper: Wind · 巽 · Lower: Water · 坎
Judgment亨，王假有庙，利涉大川，利贞。
In plain wordsSuccess; the king comes to the ancestral temple, it favors crossing the great river, and it favors staying on the right course. When things have scattered, shared belief and ritual draw people together again and dissolve barriers.
The imageWind above, water below: wind over water, scattering its surface; a picture of dispersal and dissolving.
A hint for youWhen people have drifted apart, put down your opposition first and rediscover a common goal. Dissolving barriers takes sincerity and patience, and one conversation may not be enough.
Line texts (bottom to top)
- 初六用拯马壮，吉，悔亡。The first line, divided, shows its subject engaged in rescuing (from the impending evil) and having (the assistance of) a strong horse. There will be good fortune.
- 九二涣奔其机，悔亡。The second line, undivided, shows its subject, amid the dispersion, hurrying to his contrivance (for security). All occasion for repentance will disappear.
- 六三涣其躬，无悔。The third line, divided, shows its subject discarding any regard to his own person. There will be no occasion for repentance.
- 六四涣其群，元吉。涣有丘，匪夷所思。The fourth line, divided, shows its subject scattering the (different) parties (in the state); which leads to great good fortune. From the dispersion (he collects again good men standing out, a crowd) like a mound, which is what ordinary men would not have thought of.
- 九五涣汗其大号，涣王居，无咎。The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject amidst the dispersion issuing his great announcements as the perspiration (flows from his body). He scatters abroad (also) the accumulations in the royal granaries. There will be no error.
- 上九涣其血，去逖出，无咎。The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject disposing of (what may be called) its bloody wounds, and going and separating himself from its anxious fears. There will be no error.
Dispersion; dissolve barriers
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