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Dragon in flight across the sky Rewarding to encounter a mature human being

Straight, square and complete Without repetition, nothing cannot be turned to advantage

Collecting one’s riches A little persistence is promising A lot of persistence has pitfalls

Be true Honor fulfillment Persistence is timely Worthwhile to cross the great stream

Being true yet opposed Wariness in the middle is promising At the end, unfortunate Worthwhile to meet a mature human being Not worthwhile to cross the great stream

01.5x Dragon in flight across the sky: The mature human being creates

How great (is) creation’s source! The myriad beings (are) provided beginnings Along with all of the sky Clouds pass, rain falls The varieties of beings flow into form Great light completes (then) begins The six positions (are) by season fulfilled Seasons to mount the six dragons (And) with these to master the skies Creation’s way (is) emergence (and) transformation Each being true to inner nature (and) higher law Security (is) joining in the highest attunement It is this that rewards persistence (As) leaders emerge from the numberless beings The myriad realms come together in peace

02.3x Restraining display (is) suited to persistence: For the sake of timely development * Someone engaged in the royal service Knows (and) honors the whole

02.7x Using six (with) enduring persistence: For the sake of greater conclusions

How consummate (is) receptivity’s source! The myriad beings (are) provided with life And so, (in) acceptance, inherit the sky Accepting (with) generosity upholds the outer world Character accommodates without drawing boundaries Comprehending vastness, exemplifying wholeness The varieties of beings (are) joined in fulfillment The mare (is) the earth’s kindred spirit (And) wanders an earth with no borders Gentleness (and) acceptance reward persistence: The noble young one’s purpose in going To initiate confusion (is) to stray from the way To follow (with) acceptance (is) to learn the principles West (to) south, find companions: And so, with the help of one’s kind, make progress East (to) north, forgo companions: Although, in the end, there will be rewards Securing the certain holds promise: The response to a world without limits

03.1x Even with cliffs all around The objective to make progress (is) correct * By respecting the lowly (and) disregarded The great gain humanity

Rallying The firm (and) the flexible begin to interact and so (come) the trials of new life Moving through the heart of risk Much fulfillment (means) persistence Thunder (and) rain’s activity abounds to excess The sky creates in haste (and) obscurity (It is) necessary to enlist delegates, but not (in order) to relax

05.6x With no invitations extended, visitors arrive To attend to them will end in good fortune: Although not a proper situation Still less than a major mishap

Anticipation (Means) necessity Hazards lie ahead (Be) firm (and) persevering and so avoid complications This means to avoid affliction (and) exhaustion completely Anticipation Be true Honoring fulfillment, persistence is timely: (Be) poised, with celestial dignity, (And), accordingly, upright (and) balanced Worthwhile to cross the great stream: To make progress will be an accomplishment

Contention Above (is) firmness, below (is) risk At risk and yet tenacious (Means) contention Contention Being true (yet) opposed, Wariness in the middle (is) promising: The firm comes forward and gains the center At the end, unfortunate: Contention is not suited to completion Worthwhile to meet a mature human being: To honor the central and true Not worthwhile to cross the great stream: (This) leads to the abyss

07.3x A militia likely to transport fatalities: Wholly lacking in merit

The seasoned noble assumes the mandate, Establishes domains and recognizes ruling families Lesser people will not be used

07.6x The seasoned noble assumes the mandate: By right (of) merit *Lesser people will not be used: (They would) certainly confuse the domain

The one-eyed are still able to see The lame are still able to take steps Treading upon the tiger’s tail Is the bitten one’s misfortune The military man works for a greater noble

10.3x The one-eyed (are still) able to see: Not well enough to claim vision * The lame (are still) able to take steps: Not well enough to travel along with * The bitten one’s misfortune: The position was less than appropriate * The military man works for a greater noble: The purpose (is) firm

10.6x Supreme good fortune at the top: A well-earned reward

Smallness departs, greatness arrives Promise and fulfillment

11.2x Embrace the wilderness (and) learn the value in balanced action: Thereby to honor the important

Interplay Smallness departs, greatness arrives, (With) promise (and) fulfillment: When this occurs heaven (and) earth interact And so the myriad beings communicate High (and) low interact and their purposes converge Within (is) light and without (is) shadow Within (is) strength and without (is) acceptance Within (is) the noble young one and without (are) the common ones The noble young one’s principles prevail The common one’s principles fade

Separating* oneself from inferior people* Those not worth the young noble’s loyalty Greatness departs, smallness arrives

Embracing servitude The common one’s promise Is the mature one’s worthless fulfillment

12.2x The mature one’s worthless fulfillment: Avoid the herd’s distractions

Easing out of separation The mature human being’s promise: This passes, that passes As surely as mulberry seedlings

12.5x The mature human being’s promise: The position (is) correct (and) appropriate

Separating oneself from inferior people (Who) are not worth a noble young one’s loyalty Greatness departs, smallness arrives: When this occurs heaven (and) earth do not interact And so the myriad beings do not communicate High (and) low do not interact And so all under heaven lack government Within (is) darkness and without (is) light Within (is) weakness and without (is) strength Within (are) the common people and without (is) the noble young one The common people’s principles prevail The noble young one’s principles fade

Fellowship with Others on the frontier Fulfillment Worthwhile to cross the great stream And worth the noble young one’s persistence

Fellowship with others begins with wailing and weeping but then follows with laughter Mighty armies can entertain each other

13.5x Fellowship with others with such a beginning: Through balance (comes) orientation * Mighty armies entertaining each other: Praising each other’s abilities

Fellowship with others The flexible finds a position, gains the center and resonates with the creative So this is called fellowship with others Fellowship with others says that Fellowship with others on the frontier (is) fulfillment Worthwhile to cross the great stream (Meaning) higher order endeavor Refinement (and) clarity make use of strength The central (lines) (are) correct (and) correspond The noble young one (is) principled Only the noble young one develops the capacity To comprehend the direction of all under heaven

Supreme fulfillment

14.1x The big domain (of) first nine (Is a) lack of commerce with trouble

The great wagon is for loading Have somewhere to go Nothing is wrong

14.2x The great wagon (is) for loading: To add to the middle (means) to be without loss

14.6x Big domain at the top (is) promising: Through heaven’s assistance

Big domain The flexible finds a distinguished position, in the great center, While high (and) low respond to this So this is called big domain Its qualities (are) firmness (and) vigor and also refinement (and) clarity Resonating with heaven and moving with the seasons This is, accordingly, supremely fulfilling

Flame in heaven above Big domain The noble young one, accordingly, suppresses the bad and promotes the good Accepting heaven’s terms and higher laws

Authentic modesty in the noble young one Is useful in crossing great streams Promising

At the springs of readiness There is much to have and to gain Do not hesitate Companions are gathered as hair by a clasp

16.4x (At) the springs of readiness, (with) much to have (and) to gain: The aims (are) fully developed

Readiness Firmness resonates, and so the intentions (are) carried out Responsiveness using movement Readiness Readiness responds with movement Since heaven and earth (behave) like this How much more true (this is) (for) establishing delegates (And) mobilizing the reserves! Heaven and earth behave with responsive movement And so the sun and the moon never stray And the four seasons do not vary The wise ones make use of responsive movement (And) as a result, punishments (and) penalties (are) specific And the people consent Readiness’ meaningful timing (is) very important now!

Following The firm comes forward and submits to the flexible Movement and satisfaction (in) following Great fulfillment, to be dedicated (is) not a mistake: And all under heaven follow the seasons Following the time has a meaning (of) great importance here!

Most fulfilling Worthwhile to cross the great stream Before the beginning, three days After the beginning, three days

Correcting father’s fixations There will be a little regret But no great mistakes

Detoxifying The firm (is) above while the flexible (is) below Adaptive and yet motionless Fixations Detoxifying (is) most fulfilling: As all under heaven (is) healed Worthwhile to cross the great stream: (In) moving on there is work to do Before the beginning, three days, After the beginning, three days: In the end, in due order, there will be a beginning As heaven behaves

Informed commitment A great noble's necessity Opportune

19.5x A great noble has this necessity: Action in the center has this distinction

Taking charge Firmness penetrates and so prevails Satisfaction along with acceptance The firm (is) central (and) resonant Great fulfillment (is) due to correctness (As is) heaven’s course To arrive in the eighth month would be unfortunate: Waning does not take long

The great perspective lies above Acceptance and versatility Balance (and) uprightness (are) used in observing all under heaven Observing A cleansing but not a sacrifice, Being true is as good as dignified: Those below observe and so (are) transformed Observing heaven’s sacred course and the four seasons’ lack of deviation The wise ones use (these) sacred principles to establish (their) teachings And so all under heaven simply consent

Lost return Ominous There will be calamity and grave errors If trying to advance the military In the end there will be a major defeat Reaching one’s domain and its nobility with misfortune Even after ten years, no ability to campaign*

Without pretense Firmness comes from without and becomes master on the inside Movement with lasting vigor The firm (is) central and resonant Great fulfillment (is) according to integrity Heaven’s higher law For one without integrity there will be suffering (And) not (much) reward in having somewhere to go (While) without pretense there is forward progress How is this so? Heaven’s higher law is not protection: (It is) movement itself!

Worthwhile to be persistent To not dine at home Is promising Worthwhile to cross the great stream

26.6x What is heaven’s course? The way the great advance

“Vowing to train at chariot and defense,” which would preserve some of the impli- cation of dedicated sacrifice suggested by the Zhi Gua.

Heaven dwells in the midst of the mountain Raising great beasts The noble young one makes use of large stores of knowledge of prior ideas and past deeds With which to develop such character

27.3x (For) ten years not to be functional: A path greatly sideways

Dismissing the customary To abide in persistence is promising But not suited to crossing great streams

At the source of the appetites Brutal but promising Worthwhile to cross the great stream

27.6x (At) the source of the appetites (with) a brutal promise: (There are) well-earned rewards

Hungry mouth Persistence (is) promising: Nourish uprightness (and) in due order good fortune Study the hungry mouth: Study what is the purpose in nourishment From the searching mouth (to) the feeding: Study what are the sources of nourishment Heaven (and) earth nourish the myriad beings The wise ones nourish the worthy (and) thereby reach the whole of humanity Hungry mouth’s opportune timing (is) very important here!

The ridgepole bends Worthwhile to have somewhere to go Fulfillment

Greatness in excess Greatness is that which exceeds The ridgepole bends: Beginning (and) end (are) yielding The firm (is) excessive but central (Be) adaptable and glad to move Worthwhile to have somewhere to go: And after this, fulfillment Greatness in excess’s opportune timing (is) very important now!

The lake rises over the trees Greatness in excess The noble young one, accordingly, stands alone and undaunted And steps back from the world without sorrow

29.5x The pit is not flowing over: The middle is not yet complete

Repeated exposure (Means) twice the risk The water replenishes but does not pile up Making progress (through) risk yet never losing its confidence To keep the heart secure (is) fulfillment: When making use of the firmness within Progress will be valued: To continue on will be an accomplishment Heavenly hazards do not permit climbing Earthly hazards (are) mountains (and) rivers, hills (and) heights Sovereigns (and) patriarchs arrange hazards in order to protect their domains Risk’s timely application (is) very important here!

The sun declines with its radiance Not drumming on clay pots and singing Leads to much of old age’s lament Unfortunate

The light appears twice Arising The mature human being, accordingly, Is continuous in clarifying and illuminating into the four directions

31.4x Persistence (is) promising, regrets pass: (Being) less than excited by trouble

32.6x Continuously stimulated at the top: Greatly lacking in merit

33.3x Entangled retreat has distress, There will be anxiety (and) exhaustion * Managing (one’s) servants (and) concubines (would have been) timely: But not suited to crucial concerns

Distancing succeeds: Get distance and then succeed The firm (is) suitably placed and resonant To partake in the seasons’ progress Little reward (in) persistence: [The flexible] penetrates and then prevails Distancing’s proper timing (is) very important here!

Worthwhile to persist

Persistence is promising While regrets pass The hedge opens with no entanglement The power in the great vehicle is in its axle’s mount

Big (and) strong Greatness is that which is strong The firm applies force Hence, strength Big (and) strong, worthwhile to persist: Greatness implies being correct Be correct in greatness and then heaven (and) earth Will now have natures (which) may be seen plainly

Thunder in the sky above Big and strong The noble young one, accordingly, outside of respect, will not take a step

Expansion (Means) progress The light rises over the earth Compliance along with reliance upon great clarity The flexible advances, but with superior conduct And so it is that the prosperous lord uses grants (of) horses To breed a multitude (And) by the light of a day three times grants audience

Brightness obscured on the southern winter hunt Capturing the others’ great leader This is not a call for a hasty resolution

36.3x The southern winter hunt has a purpose After this (is fulfilled), a great gain

The light goes within (to) the heart of the earth Brightness (is) obscured Inwardly coherent (and) bright while outwardly flexible (and) compliant Using the obscurity (of) great trials The Sovereign Wen applied this Warranting difficult persistence: Darkening his own light Inwardly struggling, yet able to stay true to his purpose Prince Ji applied this

Enriching the family Full of promise

37.4x Enriching the family (is) full of promise: Acceptance in (this) position

Family members The woman’s true dignity lies within The man’s true dignity lies without The masculine (and) feminine principles (Are) heaven’s (and) earth’s greater meanings Family members have dignities (and) nobilities herein Father (and) mother have their titles (When) father (is) father (and) child (is) child (When) elder brother (is) elder (and) younger (is) younger (When) husband (is) husband (and) wife (is) wife Then the family’s course (is) upheld Uphold the family and all under heaven arranges itself

Estrangement The fire moves, but (only) upwards The lake moves, but (only) downwards Two women dwell together (But) their intentions do not function as one Enjoyment, along with dependence on clarity The flexible advances, and so improves (its) conduct Gaining the center and resonating with the firm And so it is that ordinary matters (are) promising Heaven (and) earth diverge, but still their endeavors converge Masculine (and) feminine diverge, but their objectives interact The myriad beings diverge, but their affairs (are) interrelated Estrangement’s timely application (is) very important here!

Worthwhile west to south Not worthwhile east to north Rewarding to encounter a mature human being Persistence is opportune

At a major impasse Companions appear

39.5x (At a) major impasse, companions appear: Because the center (is) defined

If going is impassable Then coming back means maturity Promising Rewarding to encounter a mature human being

39.6x (If) going (is) impassable (then) coming back (means) maturity: The purpose lies within * Rewarding to encounter a mature human being: Thereby to attend to the worthy

Impasse (Means) problems Risk lies ahead To perceive the risk and be able to stop (Is) wisdom indeed! Impasse (is) worthwhile west (to) south: To make progress (is) to find the center It is not worthwhile east (to) north: This way dead ends Rewarding to encounter a mature human being: Making progress will be an achievement (In) a proper position, persistence (is) opportune: In order to do right by the territory Impasse’s timely application (is) very important now!

Release Crisis leads to movement Movement then gets free of crisis Released Release favors the west to the south: To go (is) to gain the multitude One’s coming return (is) promising: Here to find the center (In) having somewhere to go, to be prompt (is) promising: (In) making progress there will be achievement Heaven (and) earth let loose as thunder (and) rain get to work Thunder (and) rain go to work, and hundreds of seed pods Of plants (and) trees, as one, begin to burst Release’s opportune timing (is) very important now!

41.6x Avoiding decrease increases one: A well-earned objective

Worthwhile to have somewhere to go Worthwhile to cross the great stream

Worthwhile and productive to perform great deeds Excellent opportunity Without errors

42.5x Be true (and) kind-hearted, Do not question this at all * Kindness (is) our worth: A well-earned objective

Increasing Decreasing the lofty to increase the humble The people’s satisfaction is not a limitation From the lofty down to the humble Such a course (is) highly exemplary Worthwhile to have somewhere to go: Concentration (and) uprightness will be rewarding Worthwhile to cross the great stream: The nature of wood leads to progress Increase moves while adapting The day’s progress is not a limitation Heaven confers, the earth brings forth This increase is without directives The general increase is that of the way, Sharing the time (and) moving in union

A rump with no skin One’s progress is inferior now Brutal But not a complete mistake

Dissipation (Means) to encounter The flexible encounters the firm Not at all useful to court (this) woman: Not suited to enduring together Heaven (and) earth encounter each other (And) the varieties of beings join in the composition Firmness encounters (with) concentration (and) integrity (And) all under heaven make great advances Chance encounter’s proper timing (is) very important here!

Fulfillment The sovereign approaches his temple Rewarding to encounter a mature human being Making an offering Worthwhile to be dedicated To offer great sacrifices is promising Worthwhile to have somewhere to go

A lot of promise Avoid mistakes

45.4x A lot of promise, (but) avoid mistakes: The position is not appropriate

Collectedness (Means) to congregate Acceptance behind satisfaction The firm (is) central (and) resonant Hence, congregation The sovereign approaches his temple: To convey the filial offering Rewarding to encounter a mature human being making an offering: Concentrating with integrity To offer great sacrifices (is) promising, Worthwhile to have somewhere to go: Agreeing with heaven’s higher order Study the reason to congregate Then heaven (and) earth (and) the myriad beings Will now have natures (which) may be seen plainly

Most fulfilling Productive to encounter a mature human being Do not worry To go boldly southward* is promising

Well-favored advance Great opportunity

46.1x Well-favored advance (is) a great opportunity: A higher (and) unifying purpose

46.5x Persistence (is) promising (in) advancing by steps: A well-earned objective

The flexible uses the time to advance Adapting and also accepting The firm (is) central and resonant This is, accordingly, very fulfilling Productive to encounter a mature human being, Do not worry: Own the rewards The southern expedition (is) promising: The intentions (are) carried out

Within the earth wood grows Advancement The noble young one, accordingly, is accepting by nature Collecting the small things as a way to the noble and great

“Fulfillment” “Persistence” For the mature human being, a promise, Not a mistake But having the words is not the conviction

Exhaustion The firm (is) covered over To risk leads to satisfaction (To be) beset and still not lose that which is fulfilling One who is truly a noble young one attains this Persistence (is) the mature human being’s promise: By way of the firmness within There will be words but no assurance: To value the oral leads to exhaustion

48.6x Outstanding promise at the top: A great outcome

A mature human being’s tiger transformation Even before divining, be sure

49.5x The mature human being’s tiger transformation: This one’s style (is) evident

Seasonal change Water (and) fire subdue each other Two women dwell together (But) their aims are not mutual gain So this is called seasonal change Complete the day and then be sure: Change and then believe in it Refinement (and) clarity behind satisfaction Great fulfillment (is) according to correctness Change is then appropriate One’s regrets then pass Heaven (and) earth change and so the four seasons are fulfilled Tang and Wu changed the mandates Complying with heaven while resonating with humanity Seasonal change’s opportune timing (is) very important now!

A cauldron with a jade grip Very promising Nothing cannot be turned to advantage

The cauldron (is) a model With wood submitted to flame The offerings (are) transformed The wise ones (are) fulfilled with offerings to the highest divinity And (there is) great fulfillment (in) nourishing wisdom (and) excellence Reaching in with ears (and) eyes, quickening (and) clarifying The flexible advances with elevated conduct Gaining the center and resonating with the firm And so this is, accordingly, supreme fulfillment

51.5x The shock (whether) going (or) coming (is) trouble: Exposure (in) action * (Where) one’s work to be done lies in the middle Completely without loss

Little sister’s marriage Heaven (and) earth have their meanings in wholeness (When) heaven (and) earth do not interact Then the myriad beings do not come to be Little sister’s marriage (is) humanity’s end (and) beginning Satisfaction (as) a way to move (Is) the reason for little sister’s marriage To go boldly (is) inauspicious: The dignity is not appropriate Not a direction with merit: The yielding takes advantage of the firm

55.3x (So) abundant (are) their flowing banners: Ill-suited to important concerns * Breaking one’s right arm: In the end unfit for use

Abundance (Means) greatness Intelligence (is) behind movement Given this, abundance The sovereign approaches this: Appreciate the greatness Do not be anxious, (it) suits the sun (to be at) midday: Appropriate for illuminating all under heaven The sun (at) midday, in due order, goes down The moon (at) full, in due order, (is) consumed (If) heaven (and) earth fill up (and) empty out In accord with the time (in both) waning (and) waxing Then how much more true for humanity! (And) how much more true for the ghosts and the spirits!

The wanderer (Means) modest fulfillment The flexible finds the balance on the outside And so complies with firmness Restraint along with dependence on clarity This is how, (with) modest fulfillment, The wanderer’s persistence (is) promising The wanderer’s appropriate timing (is) very important here!

In little successes Worthwhile to have somewhere to go Rewarding to encounter a mature human being

Repeated adaptation (is) useful (in) setting forth the higher purpose The firm adapts with balance (and) integrity And so the intentions (are) carried out The flexible both respond to the firm So there are, accordingly, little successes Worthwhile to have somewhere to go Rewarding to encounter a mature human being

Satisfaction (Means) pleasure The firm (is) within and the flexible without Pleasure, accordingly, rewards persistence And so it is complying with heaven And resonant in humanity (When) pleasure (is) used to lead a people The people forget their weariness (When) pleasure (is) used in challenging difficulties The people forget their mortality Pleasure’s great importance (Is) truly in the people’s encouragement!

Fulfillment The sovereign approaches his temple Worthwhile to cross the great stream Worthwhile to be dedicated

59.4x Scattering those groups (is) most promising: Exemplifying maturity

Evanescent as sweat And that great cry for help Scatter the royal stockpiles Nothing is wrong

Scattering fulfills The firm comes forward, yet will not be exhausted The flexible learns (its) place on the outside And associates with the superior The sovereign approaches his temple: The sovereign is then in the center Worthwhile to cross the great stream: Relying on wood brings results

Piglets and fishes* - promising Worthwhile to cross the great stream Worthwhile to persist

The truth within Flexibility dwells within while firmness secures the center Satisfaction with adaptation The true will then transform the realm Piglets (and) fishes - promising: Trust (is) extended to piglets (and) fishes Worthwhile to cross the great stream: Relying on a wooden boat’s hollowness The truth within (is) accordingly worth (the) persistence: Then (one) resonates with heaven

Fulfillment Worthwhile to persist Appropriate for minor concerns, Not suited to great concerns The flying bird bequeaths this message: If not adapted to heights, adapt to remaining below Much promise

Smallness in excess The small are those who go beyond and so (are) fulfilled Exceeding, accordingly, (is) worth persistence To take part in the time (is) to move The flexible gains the center This is how minor concerns (are) promising The firm (has) lost position and also is not in the center (And) so this is, accordingly, not suited to great concerns There is the flying bird’s image herein The flying bird bequeaths this message: (If) not adapted to heights (then) adapt to (remaining) below Much promise: Above (is) resistance while below (is) acceptance

63.5x The eastern neighbor sacrifices cattle: This is not equal to the western neighbor’s timing * The genuine received their blessings: The good fortune (has) completely arrived

If not yet across, to go boldly has pitfalls It is worthwhile to cross the great stream

Persistence is promising while regrets pass Force was spent to subjugate the barbarian country Though three years brought rewards of great domains