I present here the Fuyang manuscript of the Zhou Yi in the traditional order of the received text, minus the eleven hexagrams for which no portion of the manuscript text can be shown to correspond. However, I have not included the 531 fragments (numbers 222–752) that bear only divination statements; although these are informative regarding the nature of the manuscript (and some have been cited in the introduction to the manuscript given in chapter 6), they are too fragmentary and too lacking in context to make their translation meaningful.
For the fifty-three hexagrams to which at least some portion of the manuscript corresponds, I present the manuscript text, in boldface, in both Chinese transcription and English translation, with the number of the strip indicated at the left. The divination formulas that are a special feature of this manuscript, following each hexagram and line statement, are indicated in boldface italics in the English translation. To provide some context for these fragments, I also provide, in ordinary type, the entirety of the received text, again in both Chinese and simple English translation. I have made every effort to correlate the grammar of the manuscript fragments with the more complete grammar of the received text, but it has not always been possible to do so without sinking into gibberish. I have also strived to indicate in the English translation whenever the manuscript contains a possibly meaningful variation; other variations that I deem to be strictly graphic are indicated only in the Chinese transcription. Except in a very few cases, the Chinese transcription follows that of Han Ziqiang韓自強, Fuyang Han jian Zhou Yi yanjiu 阜陽漢簡《周易》研究.1
Qian 乾, “Vigor” (Hexagram 1)乾元亨利貞
初九潛龍勿用
1. 九二見
九二 見龍在田利見大人
九三君子終日乾乾夕惕若厲无咎
九四或躍在淵无咎
九五飛龍在天利見大人
上九亢龍有悔
用九見群龍无首吉
Vigor: Prime receipt. Beneficial to determine.
First Nine: Submerged dragon. Do not use.
1. … Nine in the Second: See …
Nine in the Second: See the dragon in the fields. Beneficial to see the great man.
Nine in the Third: The nobleman to the end of the day is so vigorous; in the evening is fearful as if there is danger. There is no trouble.
Nine in the Fourth: And now jumping in the depths. There is no trouble.
Nine in the Fifth: Flying dragon in the sky. Beneficial to see the great man.
Top Nine: Throated dragon. There is regret.
Use the Nine: See the flock of dragons without heads. Auspicious.
Kun 坤, “Compliant” (Hexagram 2) 2. 朋東
3. 貞吉卜
坤元亨利牝馬之貞君子有攸往先迷后得主利西南得朋東北喪朋安貞吉
初六履霜堅冰至
4. 大不習无
六二直方大不習无不利
六三含章可貞或從王事无成有終
六四括囊无咎无譽
六五黃裳元吉
5. 事上六龍戰於壄其
6. 玄黃
上六龍戰於野其血玄黃
用六利永貞
2. … friend, to the east …
3. … determining: auspicious. Divining …
Compliant: Prime receipt. Beneficial to determine about a mare. The nobleman has someplace to go, is first lost and then gains his ruler. Beneficial to the west-south to gain a friend, to the east-north to lose a friend. Determining about being settled: auspicious.
First Six: Stepping on frost: the hard ice will arrive.
4. … great; not repeated. There is nothing …
Six in the Second: Straight, square and great; not repeated. There is nothing not beneficial.
Six in the Third: Containing a pattern. One can determine. And now following the king’s service. There is no completion, there is an end.
Six in the Fourth: Tying the sack. There is no trouble, there is no praise.
Six in the Fifth: Yellow dragon. Prime auspiciousness.
5. … service. Top Six: The dragon battles in the wilds, its …
6. … black and yellow. …
Top Six: The dragon battles in the wilds, its blood is black and yellow.
Use the Six: Beneficial to determine about the long-term.
Zhun 屯, “Blocked” (Hexagram 3)屯元亨利貞勿用有攸往利建侯
7. 家 • 初九般
初九磐桓利居貞利建侯
8. 貞不字
9. 十年廼字
六二屯如如如乘馬班如匪寇婚媾女子貞不字十年乃字
10. 六三畟鹿毋吳惟入于
11. 子幾不如舍往吝卜有求不
六三即鹿无虞惟入于林中君子幾不如舍往吝
12. 吉无不利六四乘馬班如求婚媾往吉无不利
13. 九五肫其膏小
14. 貞吉大
15. 貞凶
九五屯其膏小貞吉大貞凶
上六乘馬班如泣血漣如
Blocked: Prime receipt. Beneficial to determine. Do not use to have anywhere to go. Beneficial to establish a lord.
7. … family. • First Nine: Around …
First Nine: Around in circles. Beneficial to determine about a residence; beneficial to establish a lord.
8. … determining: Not pregnant, …
9. … ten years then pregnant. …
Six in the Second: Stick-stuck, carts and horses lined up. Not bandits in marriage relations. Determining about a woman: not pregnant, in ten years then she is pregnant.
10. Six in the Third: Pointing toward a deer, do not hunt; it is entering into …
11. … -man is just about not as good as leaving off. Going: distress. Divining about seeking: not …
Six in the Third: Approaching a deer, without hunting; it is entering into the forest’s midst. The nobleman is just about not as good as leaving off. Going: distress.
12. … auspicious. There is nothing not beneficial. …
Nine in the Fourth: Carts and horses in formation. Seeking marriage relations. Going: auspicious. There is nothing not beneficial.
13. Nine in the Fifth: Hoarding its fat. Little …
14. … determining: auspicious. Great …
15. … determining: ominous. …
Nine in the Fifth: Gathering its fat. Determining about the little: auspicious, determining about the great: ominous.
Top Six: Carts and horses in formation, crying blood streamingly.
Meng 蒙, “Shrouded” (Hexagram 4)16. 我求童
蒙 求我
17. 三瀆 則不
蒙亨匪我求童蒙童蒙求我 初噬告再三瀆瀆則不告利貞
初六發蒙利用刑人用說桎梏以往吝
18. 老婦吉子克
19. 家利嫁
九二包蒙吉納婦吉子克家
20. 人不吉 • 六三勿用取女見金
21. 有
无攸利
六三勿用娶女見金夫不有躬无攸利
六四困蒙吝
六五童蒙吉
上九擊蒙不利為寇利禦寇
16. … we who seek the young shroud; the young shroud seeks us. …
17. … third is excessive; excessive then it does not …
Shrouded: Receipt. It is not we who seek the young shroud; the young shroud seeks us. The first milfoil divination reports; a second and third is excessive; excessive then it does not report. Beneficial to determine.
First Six: Lifting the shroud. Beneficial to use a punished man, and herewith to remove the fetters in order to go. Distress.
18. … an old wife: auspicious; a son can
19. marry. Beneficial to marry off (a daughter) …
Nine in the Second: Wrapping the shroud. Auspicious. Taking a wife: auspicious; a son can marry.
20. … man not auspicious. • Six in the Third: Do not use to take a woman. Seeing the metal …
21. … have a body. There is nothing beneficial. …
Six in the Third: Do not herewith take in marriage a woman. Seeing the metal man, who does not have a body. There is nothing beneficial.
Six in the Fourth: Blocking the shroud. Distress.
Six in the Fifth: Young shroud. Auspicious.
Top Nine: Hitting the shroud. Not beneficial to be a robber; beneficial to resist robbers.
Xu 需, “Awaiting” (Hexagram 5)需有孚光亨貞吉 利涉大川
初九需于郊利用恆无咎
22. 小有
九二需于沙小有言終吉
九三需于泥致寇至
23. 自穴卜以
六四需于血出自穴
九五需于酒食貞吉
上六入于穴有不速之客三人來敬之終吉
Awaiting: There is trust. Radiant receipt. Determining: auspicious. Beneficial to ford the great river.
First Nine: Awaiting in the suburbs. Beneficial herewith to persevere. There is no trouble.
22. … there is a little …
Nine in the Second: Awaiting in the sand. There is a little talk, in the end auspicious.
Nine in the Third: Awaiting in the mud. Brings robbers to come.
23. … from a pit. Divining about …
Six in the Fourth: Awaiting in the blood, going out from a pit.
Nine in the Fifth: Awaiting in the wine and food. Determining: auspicious.
Top Six: Entering into a pit: there are three unwelcome guests who come. Respect them. In the end auspicious.
Song 訟, “Lawsuit” (Hexagram 6)24. 不利涉大
訟有孚窒惕中吉終凶利見大人不利涉大川
初六不永所事小有言終吉
九二不克訟歸而逋其邑人三百戶无眚
25. 厲冬吉
六三食舊德貞厲終吉或從王事无成
九四不克訟復即命渝安貞吉
九五訟元吉
上九或錫之鞶帶終朝三褫之
24. … not beneficial to ford the great …
Lawsuit: There is trust. Fearful. In the middle auspicious, in the end ominous. Beneficial to see the great man; not beneficial to ford the great river.
First Six: Not perpetuating that which he serves. There is a little talk, in the end auspicious.
Nine in the Second: One cannot sue. Returning and fleeing, the people of their city, three hundred households. There is no curse.
25. … dangerous; in the end auspicious. …
Six in the Third: Eating the old virtue. Determining: danger; in the end auspicious. And now following the king’s service, there is no completion.
Nine in the Fourth: One cannot sue. Returning to assume the command, it changes. Determining about peace: auspicious.
Nine in the Fifth: Lawsuit. Prime auspiciousness.
Top Nine: Someone awards him a leather belt, to the end of the morning thrice stripping it.
Shi 師, “Army” (Hexagram 7)師貞丈人吉无咎
26. 師出
初六師出以律否臧凶
九二在師中吉无咎王三錫命
27. • 六三師或
六三師或輿尸凶
六四師左次无咎
28. 田有禽
29. 尸貞凶
六五田有禽利執言无咎長子帥師弟子輿尸貞凶
30. 不吉 • 上六大君有命啟邦
上六大君有命開國承家小人勿用
Army: Determining: for an older man auspicious. There is no trouble.
26. … The army going out …
First Six: The army going out in ranks. It is not good. Ominous.
Nine in the Second: In the army’s midst. Auspicious. There is no trouble. The king thrice awards command.
27. … • Six in the Third: Someone in the army …
Six in the Third: Someone in the army carting corpses. Ominous.
Six in the Fourth: The army camping to the left. There is no trouble.
28. … Hunting there is a catch. …
29. … corpses; determining: ominous. …
Six in the Fifth: Hunting there is a catch. Beneficial to grasp words. There is no trouble. The eldest son leads the army, the younger son carts corpses. Determining: ominous.
30. … not auspicious. • Top Six: The great lord has a mandate, to initiate the country …
Top Six: The great lord has a mandate, to open the kingdom and receive the families. The petty man ought not be used.
Bi 比, “Alliance” (Hexagram 8)比吉 原筮元永貞无咎不寧方來後夫凶
31. 比之毋
初六有孚比之无咎有孚盈缶終來有它吉
六二比之自內貞吉
六三比之匪人
六四外比之貞吉
32. 不獲 • 九五顯比王用三驅失前禽邑人不
九五顯比王用三驅失前禽邑人不誡吉
33. 六比毋首
上六比之无首凶
Alliance: Auspicious. The original milfoil divination: prime. Determining about the long-term: there is no trouble. The unpeaceful land comes. For the latter one ominous.
31. … allying with them. Do not …
First Six: There is trust. Allying with them. There is no trouble. There is trust. Filling the pitcher. In the end there will come to be harm. Auspicious.
Six in the Second: Allying with them from within. Determining: auspicious.
Six in the Third: Allying with them, who are not men.
Six in the Fourth: Outside allying with them. Determining: auspicious.
32. … not bagging it. • Nine in the Fifth: Manifestly allying. The king herewith thrice races, losing the forward catch; the city people are not …
Nine in the Fifth: Manifestly allying. The king herewith thrice races, losing the forward catch. The city people are not warned. Auspicious.
33. … Six: Allying, do not have a head …
Top Six: Allying with them without a head. Ominous.
Xiao Chu 小畜, “Lesser Livestock” (Hexagram 9)34. 雨自我西鄗卜
小畜亨密雲不雨自我西郊
35. 得也 • 初九復自道何其咎吉有
初九復自道何其咎吉
九二牽復吉
36. 妻反目
九三輿說輻夫妻反目
37. 四有復血去易
六四有孚血去惕出无咎
38. 五有復攣如不富以其鄰卜家
九五有孚攣如不富以其鄰
39. 得戴婦貞
40. 厲月幾望君子正
上九既雨既處尚德載婦貞厲月幾望君子征凶
34. … rain from our western suburbs. Divining …
Lesser Livestock: Receipt. The dense clouds do not rain from our western suburbs.
35. … obtain it. First Nine: Returning from the road; what trouble is it! Auspicious. There …
First Nine: Returning from the road; what trouble is it! Auspicious.
Nine in the Second: Dragging in return. Auspicious.
36. … wife cross eyes.
Nine in the Third: The cart loses a strut, the husband and wife cross eyes.
37. … Fourth: There is a return. Blood departs and fear …
Six in the Fourth: There is trust. Blood departs and fear comes out. There is no trouble.
38. Fifth: There is a return, strung out; not enriched through their neighbors. Divining about the family …
Nine in the Fifth: There are captives strung out; not enriched through their neighbors.
39. … get to be carried on high. Determining for the wife:
40. danger. The moon is just about full. The nobleman to make correct:
Top Nine: Having rained, having put it in place, raise the virtue and cart it. Determining for the wife: danger. The moon is just about full. For the nobleman campaigning: ominous.
Lü 履, “Stepping” (Hexagram 10)履履虎尾不咥人亨
初九素履往无咎
41. • 九二履道坦 幽人
九二履道坦坦幽人貞吉
42. 能視跛能
43. 尾實人凶武人為
六三眇能視跛能履履虎尾咥人凶武人為于大君
九四履虎尾愬愬終吉
九五夬履貞厲
44. 視履
上九視履考祥其旋元吉
Stepping: Stepping on a tiger’s tail, it does not eat the man. Receipt.
First Nine: Plain stepping, going. There is no trouble.
41. … • Nine in the Second: Stepping on the road so smooth. About the somber man …
Nine in the Second: Stepping on the road so smooth. Determining about the somber man: auspicious.
42. … can see, the lame can …
43. … tail, it eats the man. Ominous. A military man acts …
Six in the Third: The blind can see, the lame can walk. Stepping on a tiger’s tail, it eats the man. Ominous. A military man acts on behalf of the great lord.
Nine in the Fourth: Stepping on a tiger’s tail, fearful. In the end auspicious.
Nine in the Fifth: Resolute stepping. Determining: danger.
44. … Looking at the stepping …
Top Nine: Looking at the stepping and examining the auspices; they swirl. Prime auspiciousness.
Tai 泰, “Greatness” (Hexagram 11)泰小往大來吉亨
45. 拔茅茹
初九拔茅茹以其彙征吉
九二包荒用馮河不遐遺朋亡得尚于中行
九三无平不陂无往不復艱貞无咎 勿恤其孚于食有福
六四翩翩不富以其鄰不戒以孚
46. • 六五帝乙
六五帝乙歸妹以祉元吉
47. 自邑告命貞吝
上六城復于隍勿用師自邑告命貞吝
Greatness: The little go, the great come. Auspicious. Receipt.
45. … Pluck the cogongrass stems …
First Nine: Pluck the cogongrass stems together with their roots. Campaigning: auspicious.
Nine in the Second: Wrapping the waste, use it to ford the river. It is not to be left behind. Friends are lost, getting to be elevated to the middle of the rank.
Nine in the Third: There is no flat that does not slope, there is no going that does not return. Determining about difficulty: there is no trouble. Do not worry about his trust. In food there are blessings.
Six in the Fourth: Fleetingly not wealthy, through his neighbor; not warned about trust.
46. … • Six in the Fifth: Di Yi …
Six in the Fifth: Di Yi marries his daughter with felicitations. Prime auspiciousness.
47. … from the city announce the command. Determining: distress.
Top Six: The city wall returns to the moat; don’t use the army; from the city announce the command. Determining: distress.
Pi 否, “Negation” (Hexagram 12)48. 貞大往小來[卜]
否之匪人不利君子貞大往小來
初六拔茅茹以其彙貞吉亨
49. 吉大人不
50. 亨以卜大人不吉小
六二包承 小人吉大人否亨
51. 人吉 • 六三枹羞卜雨
六三包羞
九四有命无咎疇離祉
九五休否大人吉其亡其亡繫于苞桑
52. 先伓後喜卜
上九傾否先否後喜
48. … determine. The great go, the little come. Divining …
Negation’s nonhuman. Not beneficial to determine about a nobleman. The great go, the little come.
First Six: Pluck the cogongrass stems together with their roots. Determining: auspicious. Receipt.
49. … auspicious, for the great man not …
50. … Receipt. In divining about a great man: not auspicious; about a petty …
Six in the Second: Wrapping what you have received. For a petty man, auspicious, for a great man not. Receipt.
51. … man auspicious. • Six in the Third: Wrapping the meat offering. Divining about rain …
Six in the Third: Wrapping the meat offering.
Nine in the Fourth: There is a command. There is no trouble. The field divisions are fastened with felicitations.
Nine in the Fifth: Success is negated. For the great man, auspicious. It is gone, it is gone, tied to a bushy mulberry.
52. … first not, later happy. Divining …
Top Nine: Declining negation: first not, later happy.
Tong Ren 同人, “Fellow Men” (Hexagram 13)53. 同人于壄亨
54. 君子之貞
同人于野亨利涉大川利君子貞
初九同人于門无咎
55. • 六二同人于宗吝卜子產不孝吏
六二同人于宗吝
56. 三伏戎于
57. 興卜有罪者兇
九三伏戎于莽升其高陵三陵不興
58. 戰斲遆強不得志卜病者不死乃
• 九四乘高唐弗克
九四乘其墉弗克攻吉
59. 有為不成 • 九五同
60. 人先號
61. 後笑大師
62. 相
卜
囚
九五同人先號啕而後笑大師克相遇
63. 九同人于鄗无
卜居官法免
上九同人于郊无悔
53. … Fellow men in the wilds. Receipt. …
54. … nobleman’s determination. …
Fellow men in the wilds. Receipt. Beneficial to ford the great river; beneficial to determine about a nobleman.
First Nine: Fellow men at the gate. There is no trouble.
55. … • Six in the Second: Fellow men in the ancestral temple. Distress. Divining about a child: you will give birth, but it will not be filial; about serving …
Six in the Second: Fellow men in the ancestral temple. Distress.
56. … Third: Crouching enemies in …
57. … arising. Divining about a guilty one: ominous …
Nine in the Third: Crouching enemies in the grass: ascending the high mound, for three years not arising.
58. … battling: the enemy will be strong but will not obtain its will; divining about someone who is sick: if they do not die then they will get better. • Nine in the Fourth: Riding on a high platform, you cannot …
Nine in the Fourth: Riding on its wall, you cannot be attacked. Auspicious.
59. … something will be done but not finished. • Nine in the Fifth: Fellow
60. men, first shouting
61. later laughing. The great armies ..
62. meet each other. Divining about tying a prisoner: …
Nine in the Fifth: Fellow men, first shouting, later laughing. The great armies can meet each other.
63. … Nine: Fellow men at Hao. There is no regret. Divining about residing in office: you will be dismissed. …
Top Nine: Fellow men in the suburbs. There is no regret.
Da You 大有, “Great Offering” (Hexagram 14)64. 
大有元亨卜雨不雨
大有元亨
65. 无交害非咎艱則
初九无交害匪咎艱則无咎
九二大車以載有攸往无咎
九三公用亨于天子小人弗克
九四匪其彭无咎
六五厥孚交如威如吉
上九自天祐之吉无不利
64. 
Great Offering: Prime receipt. Divining about rain: it will not rain. …
Great Offering: Prime receipt.
65. … There is no exchanging harm that is not trouble. If difficult then …
First Nine: There is no exchanging harm that is not trouble. If difficult then there is no trouble.
Nine in the Second: The great cart is used to carry. There is someplace to go. There is no trouble.
Nine in the Third: The duke herewith sacrifices to the Son of Heaven. The petty man is not capable of it.
Nine in the Fourth: Not its side-offering. There is no trouble.
Six in the Fifth: Their captives are linked together, are awed. Auspicious.
Top Nine: From heaven blessing it. Auspicious. There is nothing not beneficial.
Yu 豫, “Relaxed” (Hexagram 16)豫利建侯行師
66. 六鳴豫兇卜求有得也後必
初六鳴豫凶
六二介于石不終日貞吉
67. • 六三歌豫悔夷
68. 有悔卜
六三盱豫悔遲有悔
九四由豫大有得勿疑朋盍簪
六五貞疾恆不死
上六冥豫成有渝无咎
Relaxed: Beneficial to establish a lord and set in motion the army.
66. … Six: Calling excess. Ominous. Divining about seeking something: you will obtain it, but later will necessarily …
First Six: Calling relaxation. Ominous.
Six in the Second: Strengthening by stone. Not to the end of the day. Determining: auspicious.
67. … • Six in the Third: Singing excess. Regret; if even
68. there will be regret. Divining …
Six in the Third: Open-eyed relaxation. Regret, and slowly there will be regret.
Nine in the Fourth: Hesitant. Great will be the obtaining. Do not doubt friends putting on hairpins.
Six in the Fifth: Determining: illness will be long-term, but you will not die.
Top Six: Dark relaxation. Completion will have a change. There is no trouble.
Sui 隨, “Following” (Hexagram 17)69. 貞无咎卜病者
隨元亨利貞无咎
70. 九官有
71. 貞吉出門交有
初九官有渝貞吉出門交有功
73. 失丈夫卜
六二係小子失丈夫
72. 吉 • 六三係小
74. 丈夫失
75. 小子隨有求
76. 得利虛貞卜家
六三係丈夫失小子 隨有求得利居貞
九四隨有獲貞凶有孚在道以明何咎
77. 罪 • 九五復嘉吉卜
九五孚于嘉吉
78. 有患難者解 • 上六拘
79. 亨於支山卜有求
上六拘係之乃從維之王用亨于西山
69. … to determine. There is no trouble. Divining about someone who is sick …
Following: Prime receipt. Beneficial to determine. There is no trouble.
70. … Nine: The office will have …
71. … determining: auspicious. Going out the gate to exchange there has …
First Nine: The office will have a change. Determining: auspicious. Going out the gate to exchange has success.
73. … lose the elder man. Divining …
Six in the Second: Tie the little son, lose the elder man.
72. … auspicious. • Six in the Third: Tie the little …
73. … elder man, lose
74. the little son. Following there will be seeking
75. to obtain. Beneficial to determine about emptiness. Divining about the family …
Six in the Third: Tie the elder man, lose the little son. Following there will be seeking to obtain. Beneficial to determine about residence.
Nine in the Fourth: Following there is a capture. Determining: ominous. There is trust on the road. With brightness what trouble is there!
77. … guilt. • Nine in the Fifth: Return joyfully. Auspicious. Divining …
Nine in the Fifth: Trust in joy. Auspicious.
78. … there will be anxiety; those in difficulty will be released. • Top Six: Arresting …
79. … sacrifice on the Forked Mountain. Divining about seeking …
Top Six: Arresting and tying them, and then further trussing them. The king herewith sacrifices on the western mountain.
Gu 蠱, “Parasite” (Hexagram 18)80. 日後甲三日
蠱元亨利涉大川 先甲三日後甲三日
81. 六幹
82. 咎厲冬吉卜有
初六幹父之蠱有子考无咎厲終吉
83. 幹母之
九二幹母之蠱不可貞
84. 小有悔
九三幹父之蠱小有悔无大咎
六四裕父之蠱往見吝
六五幹父之蠱用譽
85. 侯高上其事卜事
上九不事王侯高尚其事
80. … days, after jia three days. …
Parasite: Prime receipt. Beneficial to ford the great river. Before jia three days, after jia three days.
81. … Six: The Stem …
82. … trouble; danger, in the end auspicious. Divining about having …
First Six: The stem father’s parasite. There is a son and deceased father. There is no trouble. Danger, in the end auspicious.
83. … stem mother’s …
Nine in the Second: The stem mother’s parasite. One cannot determine.
84. … there is a little regret. …
Nine in the Third: The stem father’s parasite. There is a little regret; there is no great trouble.
Six in the Fourth: The prosperous father’s parasite. Going: you will see distress.
Six in the Fifth: The stem father’s parasite. Herewith praised.
85. … lord, elevates on high his service. Divining about serving …
Top Nine: Not serving the king and lord, elevates on high his service.
Lin 林 [臨], “Forest” [Looking Down] (Hexagram 19)86. 
林
87. 至于
臨元亨利貞 至于八月有凶
初九咸臨貞吉
九二咸臨吉无不利
88. 憂之无咎
六三甘臨无攸利 既憂之无咎
六四至臨无咎
89. 大君之義吉
六五知臨大君之宜吉
上六敦臨吉无咎
86. 
Forest …
87. … arriving at …
Looking Down: Prime receipt. Beneficial to determine. Arriving at the eighth month, it will be ominous.
First Nine: Completely looking down. Determining: auspicious.
Nine in the Second: Completely looking down. Auspicious. There is nothing not beneficial.
88. … concerned about it, there is no trouble. …
Six in the Third: Sweetly looking down. There is nothing beneficial. Having been concerned about it, there is no trouble.
Six in the Fourth: Arriving at looking down. There is no trouble.
89. … the great lord’s propriety. Auspicious. …
Six in the Fifth: Knowingly looking down. The great lord’s propriety. Auspicious.
Top Six: Sincerely looking down. Auspicious. There is no trouble.
Guan 觀, “Looking Up” (Hexagram 20)觀盥而不薦有孚顒若
90. 六童觀
91. 小人无咎
92. 君子吝卜次
初六童觀小人无咎君子吝
93. 利女子
六二窺觀利女貞
94. 三觀我產進退吏君先進而後退復
六三觀我生進退
95. 之光利用
六四觀國之光利用賓于王
九五觀我生君子无咎
96. 觀其
上九觀其生君子无咎
Looking Up: Making libation but not presenting it. There is trust, respectfully.
90. … Six: The youth looking up.
91. for a petty man there is no trouble,
92. for a nobleman there is distress. Divining about camping …
First Six: The youth looking up. For a petty man there is no trouble, for a nobleman there is distress.
93. … beneficial about a woman. …
Six in the Second: Peeringly looking up. Beneficial to determine about a woman.
94. … Third: Looking up at our birth, advancing and retreating. In serving the lord, first advance and afterwards retreat, and return …
Six in the Third: Looking at our life, advancing and retreating.
95. … ’s radiance; beneficial herewith …
Six in the Fourth: Looking up at the kingdom’s radiance. Beneficial herewith to have audience with the king.
Nine in the Fifth: Looking up at our life. For a nobleman there is no trouble.
96. … Looking up at his …
Top Nine: Looking up at his life. For a nobleman there is no trouble.
Shike 筮閘[噬嗑], “Biting and Chewing” (Hexagram 21)97. 筮閘亨利用獄訟者
噬嗑亨利用獄
98. • 初九屢校威
初九履校滅趾无咎
99. 囚者桎梏吉不兇 • 六二筮膚威
六二噬膚滅鼻无咎
100. 六三筮腊肉
六三噬腊肉遇毒小吝无咎
101. 金矢利
貞吉卜有求也求
九四噬乾胏得金矢利艱貞吉
102. 後吉 • 六五筮乾肉得
103. 黃金貞厲
六五噬乾肉得黃金貞厲无咎
104. 何校威耳
上九何校滅耳凶
97. Biting and Chewing: Receipt. Beneficial herewith to contest. For a plaintiff …
Biting and Chewing: Receipt. Beneficial herewith to contest.
98. … • First Nine: Frequently fettered and cutting off …
First Nine: Walking in fetters with a foot cut off. There is no trouble.
99. … Tying a prisoner in fetters and handcuffs: auspicious, not ominous. • Six in the Second: Biting flesh and cutting off …
Six in the Second: Biting flesh and cutting off the nose. There is no trouble.
100. … Six in the Third: Eating dried meat …
Six in the Third: Eating dried meat and meeting poison. A little distress. There is no trouble.
101. … a bronze arrowhead. Beneficial to determine about difficulty: auspicious. Divining about seeking: you will seek …
Nine in the Fourth: Eating dry bone-in meat and obtaining a bronze arrowhead. Beneficial to determine about difficulty: auspicious.
102. … later auspicious. Six in the Fifth: Eating dry meat and obtaining
103. yellow bronze. Determining: danger. …
Six in the Fifth: Eating dry meat and obtaining yellow bronze. Determining: danger. There is no trouble.
104. … Carrying fetters and cutting off an ear. …
Top Nine: Carrying fetters and cutting off an ear. Ominous.
Ben 賁, “Ornamented” (Hexagram 22)105/106. 
賁亨小利有攸往卜 [two pieces split lengthwise]
賁亨小利有所往
107. 初九賁
108. 其趾舍
初九賁其趾舍車而徒
109. 六二賁
六二賁其須
九三賁如濡如永貞吉
110. 皤如白馬翰如匪寇
六四賁如皤如白馬翰如匪寇婚媾
六五賁于丘園束帛戔戔吝終吉
111. 後吉 • 上九白賁无
上九白賁无咎
105/106. 
Ornamented: Receipt. A little beneficial to have someplace to go. Divining …
Ornamented: Receipt. A little beneficial to have someplace to go.
107. … First Nine: Ornamenting
108. his feet, discarding …
First Nine: Ornamenting his feet, discarding his cart and moving.
109. … Six in the Second: Ornamenting …
Six in the Second: Ornamenting his beard.
Nine in the Third: Ornamented, damp. Determining about the long-term: auspicious.
110. … snowy white, the white horse is winged. It is not robbers …
Six in the Fourth: Ornamented, snowy white: the white horse is winged. It is not robbers in marriage relations.
Six in the Fifth: Ornaments in the mound park, the bolt of silk so narrow. Distress, in the end auspicious.
111. … later auspicious. • Top Nine: White ornaments. There is no …
Top Nine: White ornaments. There is no trouble.
Pu 僕 [Bo 剝], “Hitting” [Paring] (Hexagram 23)剝不利有攸往
112. 終得不喜罪人不吉 • 初六僕
113. 足蔑貞凶卜
初六剝牀以足蔑貞凶
114. 僕牀以辨蔑貞
六二剝牀以辨蔑貞凶
六三剝之无咎
115. 四僕牀以父凶
六四剝牀以膚凶
六五貫魚以宮人寵无不利
116. 九碩果不食君子
上九碩果不食君子得輿小人剝廬
Paring: Not beneficial to have someplace to go.
112. … in the end obtaining unhappiness; for a guilty man not auspicious. • First Six: Hitting …
113. … foot. Determining about losses: ominous. Divining …
First Six: Paring and wounding with the foot. Determining about losses: ominous.
114. … Hitting and wounding with the knee. Determining about losses: …
Six in the Second: Paring and wounding with the knee. Determining about losses: ominous.
Six in the Third: Paring it. There is no trouble.
115. … Fourth: Hitting and wounding with the skin. Ominous. …
Six in the Fourth: Paring and wounding with the skin. Ominous.
Six in the Fifth: Strung fish, enjoyed with the people of the palace. There is nothing not beneficial.
116. … Nine: Big fruit, not edible. The nobleman …
Top Nine: Big fruit, not edible. The nobleman gets to ride, the petty man pares the furnace.
Fu 復, “Returning” (Hexagram 24)117. 馮來无咎
復亨出入无疾朋來无咎反復其道七日來復利有攸往
118. 九不遠
119. 智悔元吉卜
初九不復遠无祗悔元吉
120. 六二休復吉卜
六二休復吉
121. 出妻皆復 • 六三頻
六三頻復厲无咎
122. 中行獨復
六四中行獨復
123. 五敦復无悔
六五敦復无悔
124. 得 • 上六迷復凶有囗
上六迷復凶有災眚用行師終有大敗以其國君凶至于十年不克征
117. … friends coming without trouble. …
Returning: Receipt. Exiting and entering without illness, friends coming without trouble. Again returning to its path, in seven days it comes in return. Beneficial to have someplace to go.
118. … Nine: Not distance …
119. … knowledge regrets; prime auspiciousness. Divining …
First Nine: Not returning in the distance. There are no blessings or regrets. Prime auspiciousness.
120. … Six in the Second: Successful return. Auspicious. Divining …
Six in the Second: Successful return. Auspicious.
121. … departing wives all return. • Six in the Third: Repeated …
Six in the Third: Repeated returns. Danger. There is no trouble.
122. … In the middle of the road returning alone. …
Six in the Fourth: In the middle of the road returning alone.
123. … Fifth: Generous return. There are no regrets. …
Six in the Fifth: Generous return. There are no regrets.
124. … obtain. • Top Six: Confused return. Ominous. There are …
Top Six: Confused return. Ominous. There are disasters and curses. Using this to set in motion the army, in the end there will be a great defeat, together with its kingdom’s ruler. Ominous. Reaching to ten years you cannot go on campaign.
Wu Wang 无亡 [无妄], “Nothing Gone” [Nothing Foolish] (Hexagram 25)125. 无亡元亨利貞其匪
有眚不利有攸往卜雨不雨不□
无妄元亨利貞其匪正有眚不利有攸往
126. 齊不吏君不吉田魚不得 • 初九无亡往吉卜田魚得而
初九无妄往吉
127. 不耕獲不
六二不耕獲不菑畬則利有攸往
六三无妄之災或繫之牛行人之得邑人之災
128. • 九四可貞无咎
九四可貞无咎
九五无妄之疾勿藥有喜
上九无妄行有眚无攸利
125. Nothing Gone: Prime receipt. Beneficial to determine. His not going to correct has curses. Not beneficial to have someplace to go. Divining about rain: it will not rain; it will not …
Nothing Foolish: Prime receipt. Beneficial to determine. His not being correct has curses. Not beneficial to have someplace to go.
126. … about clearing: it will clear; about not serving the lord: not auspicious; about hunting and fishing: you will not obtain anything. • First Nine: Nothing Gone going. Auspicious. Divining about hunting and fishing: you will obtain something and …
First Nine: Nothing Foolish going. Auspicious.
127. … Not plowing or reaping, not …
Six in the Second: Not plowing or reaping, not fallowing or replanting, then it is beneficial to have someplace to go.
Six in the Third: Nothing Foolish’s disaster, someone ties it to an ox; the traveling person’s gain is the city person’s disaster.
128. … • Nine in the Fourth: It can be divined about. There is no trouble. …
Nine in the Fourth: One can determine. There is no trouble.
Nine in the Fifth: Nothing Foolish’s illness; do not medicate, there is happiness.
Top Nine: Nothing Foolish traveling. There is a curse. There is nothing beneficial.
Da Chu 大畜, “Greater Livestock” (Hexagram 26)大畜利貞不家食吉利涉大川
初九有厲利已
九二輿說輻
129. 也 • 九三良馬遂利
九三良馬逐利艱貞曰閑輿衛利有攸往
130. 四童
六四童牛之牿元吉
六五豶豕之牙吉
上九何天之衢亨
Greater Livestock: Beneficial to determine. Not eating at home. Auspicious. Beneficial to ford the great river.
First Nine: There is danger. Beneficial to sacrifice.
Nine in the Second: The cart drops a strut.
129. … • Nine in the Third: A fine horse following. Beneficial …
Nine in the Third: A fine horse being chased. Beneficial to determine about difficulty. This is called “Arranging the carts to defend.” Beneficial to have someplace to go.
130. … in the Fourth: A young …
Six in the Fourth: A young ox’s thwart. Prime auspiciousness.
Six in the Fifth: A gelded pig’s tooth. Auspicious.
Top Nine: Holding up heaven’s crossroads. Receipt.
Yi 頤, “Jaws” (Hexagram 27)頤貞吉觀頤自求口實
131. □吉 • 初九舍而靈龜觀我
132. 端頤凶濟
初九舍爾靈龜觀我朵頤凶
133. 吏 • 六二奠頤弗經于丘頤政凶求不得
六二顛頤拂經于丘頤征凶
134. 弗頤貞凶[十]
六三拂頤貞凶十年勿用无攸利
135. 
十年之後乃復 • 六四顛頤吉虎視眈二其
136. 
遂无咎卜此大
六四顛頤吉虎視眈眈其欲逐逐无咎
137. • 六五不經
六五拂經居貞吉不可涉大川
上九由頤厲吉利涉大川
Jaws: Determining: auspicious. Look up at the jaws, oneself seeking the mouth’s substance.
131. … auspicious. First Nine: Discarding your numinous turtle, look up at our
132. ending jaws. Ominous. Helping …
First Nine: Discarding your numinous turtle, look up at our drooping jaws. Ominous.
133. … serve. Six in the Second: Setting the jaws; not passing it through the mounded jaws. Governing, ominous. In seeking: one will not obtain; …
Six in the Second: Overturned jaws; scraping vertically on the mounded jaws. Campaigning: ominous.
134. … not jawing it. Determining: ominous. For ten …
Six in the Third: Scraping the jaw. Determining: ominous. For ten years do not use it. There is nothing beneficial.
135. … after ten years then it will return. • Six in the Fourth: Overturning the jaws. Auspicious. A tiger watches fearsomely, its …
136. appearance so compliant. There is no trouble. Divining about this: there will be great …
Six in the Fourth: Overturning the jaws. Auspicious. A tiger watches fearsomely, its desires so persistent. There is no trouble.
137. … • Six in the Fifth: Not vertical; …
Six in the Fifth: Not passing it through. Determining about residence: auspicious. One cannot ford the great river.
Top Nine: From the jaws. Danger. Auspicious. Beneficial to ford the great river.
Da Guo 大過, “Greater Surpassing” (Hexagram 28)138. 
大過橦橈利用攸往亨卜病者不死妻夫不相去
大過棟橈利有攸往亨
139. 不死 • 初六□用白
初六藉用白茅无咎
140. 不死 • 九二枯楊
141. 生
老夫得
142. 女妻无不利卜病者不死戰鬭
143. 適強而有勝有罪而
徙
九二枯楊生稊老夫得其女妻无不利
九三棟橈凶
144. □吉有它吝卜邑及
九四棟隆吉有它吝
九五枯楊生華老婦得士夫无咎无譽
145. • 上六過涉
上六過涉滅頂凶无咎
138. 
Greater Surpassing: The rafter sags. Beneficial herewith to go someplace. Receipt. Divining about someone who is sick: he will not die; about a wife and husband: they will not leave each other; …
Greater Surpassing: The rafter sags. Beneficial to have someplace to go. Receipt.
139. … will not die. • First Six: .. using white …
First Six: For the offertory mat using white cogongrass. There is no trouble.
140. … will not die. • Nine in the Second: The withered poplar
141. grows shoots, the old man gets ..
142. woman wife. There is nothing not beneficial. Divining about someone who is sick: he will not die; about warfare: …
143. the enemy will be strong and will have victory; about having guilt and moving away. …
Nine in the Second: The withered poplar grows shoots, the old man gets his woman wife.
There is nothing not beneficial.
Nine in the Third: The rafter sags. Ominous.
144. .. auspicious. There is harm. Distress. Divining about the city and …
Nine in the Fourth: The rafter bows up. Auspicious. There is harm. Distress.
Nine in the Fifth: The withered poplar grows a flower, the old wife gets a young man. No trouble, no praise.
145. • Top Six: Surpassing the ford …
Top Six: Passing the ford and cutting off the crown of the head. Ominous. There is no trouble.
Xikan 習坎 [Kan 坎], “Doubled Pit” [Pit] (Hexagram 29)146. 復雟心亨
習坎有孚維心亨行有尚
初六習坎入于坎窞凶
147. 有險
九二坎有險求小得
六三來之坎坎險且枕入于坎窞勿用
148. 自牖終无咎卜病
六四樽酒簋貳用缶納約自牖終无咎
九五坎不盈祗既平无咎
149. 咎卜百吏盡吉 • 上六係用徽纆寘于叢棘
150. 陵不得凶卜齊不齊卜田不得利中
上六係用徽纆寘于叢棘三陵不得凶
146. … return, binding the heart. Receipt. …
Doubled Pit: There is trust, binding the heart. Receipt. In traveling there is elevation.
First Six: Doubled Pit: entering into the pit opening. Ominous.
147. … has a precipice …
Nine in the Second: The pit has a precipice. Seeking you will obtain a little.
Six in the Third: Bringing it bam-bam: Steep and deep; entering into the pit opening. Do not use it.
148. … from the window. In the end there is no trouble. Divining about [someone who is] sick: …
Six in the Fourth: A chalice of wine and two grain servers: use earthenware. Bringing it in from the window. In the end there is no trouble.
Nine in the Fifth: The pit is not filled, the blessings being calm. There is no trouble.
149. … trouble. Divining about the hundred affairs: they are all auspicious. • Top Six: Tying it using thick rope, and placing it in the thicket of thorns …
150. .. years will not obtain it. Ominous. Divining about clearing: it will not clear; divining about hunting: you will not obtain anything; beneficial to the middle …
Top Six: Tying it using thick rope, and placing it in the thicket of thorns, for three years you will not obtain it. Ominous.
Li 離, “Fastening” (Hexagram 30)151. 
離利貞亨畜牝牛吉居官及家不吉罪人
離利貞亨畜牝牛吉
152. 不解 • 初九履
然
153. 敬之无咎卜臨官立
154. 敬其下乃吉
初九履錯然敬之无咎
六二黃離元吉
155. 之上吉非則凶 • 九三日昃之離
156. 歌則大
九三日昃之離不鼓缶而歌則大耋之嗟凶
157. 九四其出如其來如紛如棄
九四突如其來如焚如死如棄如
158. 差若吉卜
六五出涕沱若戚嗟若吉
上九王用出征有嘉折首獲匪其醜无咎
151. Fastening: Beneficial to determine. Receipt. Rearing a female bovine: auspicious. Residing in office and the family: not auspicious; about a guilty man: he will
Fastening: Beneficial to determine. Receipt. Rearing a female bovine: auspicious.
152. not be released. • First Nine: Stepping crosswise.
153. Respect it. There is no trouble. Divining about approaching office and establishing the masses:
154. respect their inferiors and then it will be auspicious.
First Nine: Stepping crosswise. Respect it. There is no trouble.
Six in the Second: Yellow net. Prime auspiciousness.
155. on top, auspicious; if not, then ominous. • Nine in the Third: The net of the sun’s descent …
156. … singing, and then the great …
Nine in the Third: The net of the sun’s descent: not drumming on the pot and singing, then the great elder’s sighing. Ominous.
157. … Nine in the Fourth: As if exiting, as if coming; as if tangled, as if discarded …
Nine in the Fourth: As if sudden, as if coming; as if burning, as if dying, as if discarded.
158. … wailingly. Auspicious. Divining …
Six in the Fifth: Shedding tears streamingly, fearful wailingly. Auspicious.
Top Nine: The king herewith goes out on campaign, and has joy, cutting off heads and capturing one who is not their chief. There is no trouble.
Xian 咸, “Feeling” (Hexagram 31)
咸亨利貞取女吉;
初六咸其拇
六二咸其腓凶居吉
九三咸其股執其隨往吝
九四貞吉悔亡憧憧往來朋從爾思
九五咸其脢无悔
159. 其父
上六咸其輔頰舌
Feeling: Receipt. Beneficial to determine. Taking a woman: auspicious.
First Six: Feeling its toe.
Six in the Second: Feeling its calf. Ominous. Residing: auspicious.
Nine in the Third: Feeling its thigh, grasping its torn flesh. Going: distress.
Nine in the Fourth: Determining: auspicious. Regrets gone. Tremblingly going and coming, the friend follows you in thought.
Nine in the Fifth: Feeling its back. There are no regrets.
159. … his father …
Top Six: Feeling its cheek, jowls, and tongue.
Chuan 椽 [Dun 遯], “Beam” [Piglet] (Hexagram 33)遯亨小利貞
160. 之以吉居事不吉 • 初六椽
161. 厲勿用有攸初六遯尾厲勿用有攸往
162. 莫之勝說
六二執之用黃牛之革莫之勝說
九三係遯有疾厲畜臣妾吉
163. 吉小
九四好遯君子吉小人否
164. 吉 • 九五嘉椽貞吉卜病不死行作之
九五嘉遯貞吉
上九肥遯无不利
Piglet: Receipt. A little beneficial to determine.
160. … it with auspiciousness; about residing and serving: not auspicious. • First Six: Beam …
161. … Danger; do not herewith have anyplace …
First Six: Piglet’s tail. Danger. Do not herewith have anywhere to go.
162. … nothing will succeed in getting it off. …
Six in the Second: Grasp it using the hide of a yellow ox, nothing will succeed in getting it off.
Nine in the Third: Tying the piglet. There is illness. Danger. Rearing servants and concubines: auspicious.
163. … auspicious, for a petty …
Nine in the Fourth: A good piglet. For a nobleman auspicious, for a petty man not.
164. … auspicious. • Nine in the Fifth: A fine beam. Determining: auspicious. Divining about sickness: they will not die; about traveling or doing: …
Nine in the Fifth: A fine piglet. Determining: auspicious.
Top Nine: A fat piglet. There is nothing not beneficial.
Da Qiang 大壯, “Greater Wound” (Hexagram 34)大壯利貞
165. □ • 初九壯
166. 有復卜
初九壯于趾征凶有孚
167. 二貞吉
九二貞吉
168. 羊觸藩羸其
九三小人用壯君子用罔貞厲羝羊觸藩羸其角
九四貞吉悔亡藩决不羸壯于大輿之輹
六五喪羊于易无悔
上六羝羊觸藩不能退不能遂无攸利艱則吉
Greater Wound: Beneficial to determine.
165. … • First Nine: Wounded …
166. … there is a return. Divining …
First Nine: Wounded in the foot. Campaigning: ominous. There is trust.
167. … Second: Determining: auspicious. …
Nine in the Second: Determining: auspicious.
168. … ram butts a hedge, breaking its …
Nine in the Third: A petty man uses strength, a nobleman uses naught. Determining: danger. A ram butts a hedge, breaking its horn.
Nine in the Fourth: Determining: auspicious. Regrets gone. A hedge opened but not broken, wounded by the strut of a great cart.
Six in the Fifth: Losing a sheep in Yi. There are no regrets.
Top Six: A ram butts a hedge, and is not able to withdraw and is not able to advance. There is nothing beneficial; difficult and then auspicious.
Jin 晉, “Advancing” (Hexagram 35)晉康侯用錫馬蕃庶晝日三接
初六晉如摧如貞吉罔孚裕无咎
169. 福于其王母
六二晉如愁如貞吉受茲介福于其王母
六三眾允悔亡
九四晉如鼫鼠貞厲
六五悔亡失得勿恤往吉无不利
上九晉其角維用伐邑厲吉无咎貞吝
Advancing: The Lord of Kang herewith awards horses in multiples, during the day there were three engagements.
First Six: As if advancing, as if pulling back. Determining: auspicious. There is no trust. Abundance. There is no trouble.
169. … blessings from his king’s mother. …
Six in the Second: As if advancing, as if sad. Determining: auspicious. Receiving these strong blessings from his king’s mother.
Six in the Third: Massed truly. Regrets gone.
Nine in the Fourth: As if advancing, a large rat. Determining: danger.
Six in the Fifth: Regrets gone. Losing or obtaining, do not worry. Going: auspicious. There is nothing not beneficial.
Top Nine: Advancing its horns, they are used to attack the city. Danger. Auspicious. There is no trouble. Determining: distress.
Mingyi 明夷, “Calling Pheasant” (Hexagram 36)明夷利艱貞
170. 九明
171. 于飛垂其囗
初九明夷于飛垂其翼君子于行三日不食有攸往主人有言
六二明夷夷于左股用拯馬壯吉
九三明夷于南狩得其大首不可疾貞
六四入于左腹獲明夷之心于出門庭
六五箕子之明夷利貞
上六不明晦初登于天後入于地
Calling Pheasant: Beneficial to determine about difficulty.
170. … Nine: Calling
171. … in flight, dips its …
First Nine: Calling pheasant in flight, dips its wing; the nobleman on the road, for three days does not eat. There is someplace to go. The principal man has words.
Six in the Second: Calling pheasant injured in the left thigh. Use this to relieve the horse’s wound. Auspicious.
Nine in the Third: Calling pheasant in the southern hunt, obtains its great head. One cannot determine about sickness.
Six in the Fourth: Entering into the left abdomen, capturing the calling pheasant’s heart, going out of the gate and court.
Six in the Fifth: Jizi’s calling pheasant. Beneficial to determine.
Top Six: Not bright or dark: At first rising into the heavens, later entering into the earth.
Jia Ren 家人, “Family People” (Hexagram 37)家人利女貞
172. 閒有家悔亡
初九閑有家悔亡
173. • 六二无
174. 中貴貞
六二无攸遂在中饋貞吉
九三家人嗃嗃悔厲吉婦子嘻嘻終吝
六四富家大吉
九五王假有家勿恤吉
175. 如終吉卜
上九有孚威如終吉
Family People: Beneficial to determine about a woman.
172. … A separation in the family. Regrets gone.
First Nine: A divider in the family. Regrets gone.
173. … • Six in the Second: There is no …
174. … middle of the food service; determining: …
Six in the Second: There is no place to follow, in the middle of the food service. Determining: auspicious.
Nine in the Third: Family people ha-ha. Regret; danger; auspicious. Wives and children hee-hee. In the end, distress.
Six in the Fourth: A wealthy family. Greatly auspicious.
Nine in the Fifth: The king enters into the family. Do not worry. Auspicious.
175. … as if [fearful]. In the end, auspicious. Divining …
Top Nine: There is trust, as if fearful. In the end, auspicious.
Kui 睽, “Strange” (Hexagram 38)睽小事吉
176. 吉大事敗 • 初九悔亡喪馬
初九悔亡喪馬勿逐自復見惡人无咎
九二遇主于巷无咎
177. 厲不得 • 六三見
178. 車
其牛絜其人天且劓
179. 无初有
六三見輿曳其牛掣其人天且劓无初有終
九四睽孤遇元夫交孚厲无咎
180. □筮膚往何
六五悔亡厥宗噬膚往何咎
181. 見豕負塗載
182. 一車
183. 兌之壺非寇昏媾
上九睽孤見豕負涂載鬼一車 先張之弧後說之弧匪寇婚媾往遇雨則吉
Strange: Minor service. Auspicious.
176. … auspicious; about great affairs: defeat. • First Nine: Regrets gone. Losing a horse. …
First Nine: Regrets gone. Losing a horse; do not follow, it will return of itself.
Seeing an ugly man. There is no trouble.
Nine in the Second: Meeting the host in the lane. There is no trouble.
177. … danger, not obtain it. • Six in the Third: Seeing …
178. … cart dragged, its ox with one horn upturned and one downturned, its man branded on the forehead and with his nose cut off.
179. There is no beginning but there is …
Six in the Third: Seeing the cart dragged, its ox with one horn upturned and one downturned, its man branded on the forehead and with his nose cut off. There is no beginning but there is an end.
Nine in the Fourth: A strange orphan, meeting the prime man. Exchanging trust. Danger. There is no trouble.
180. … eating flesh. In going what …
Six in the Fifth: Regrets gone. At their ancestral temple eating flesh. In going what trouble?
181. … seeing a pig with mud on its back; carrying …
182. … one cart …
183. … a bow released. It is not robbers in marital relations. …
Top Nine: A strange orphan. Seeing a pig with mud on its back, one cart carrying ghosts. A bow first drawn, later a bow released. It is not robbers in marriage relations. In going if you meet rain then it is auspicious.
Jian 蹇, “Lame” (Hexagram 39)184. 利西南
185. 利東北利見
186. 人貞吉卜
蹇利西南不利東北利見大人貞吉
初六往蹇來譽
六二王臣蹇蹇匪躬之故
187. 往
來反卜病不死
九三往蹇來反
六四往蹇來連
九五大蹇朋來
上六往蹇來碩吉利見大人
184. … Beneficial to the southwest …
185. … beneficial to the northeast; beneficial to see ..
186. .. man. Determining: auspicious. Divining …
Lame: Beneficial to the southwest, not beneficial to the northeast. Beneficial to see the great man. Determining: auspicious.
First Six: Going lame, coming praised.
Six in the Second: The king’s ministers so lame, it is not their person’s fault.
187. Going lame, coming back. Divining about sickness: they will not die; …
Nine in the Third: Going lame, coming back.
Six in the Fourth: Going lame, coming in succession.
Nine in the Fifth: Greatly lame, friends come.
Top Six: Going lame, coming firmly. Auspicious. Beneficial to see the great man.
Jie 解, “Released” (Hexagram 40)188. 吉有攸往
解利西南无所往其來復吉有攸往夙吉
初六无咎
九二田獲三狐得黃矢貞吉
六三負且乘致寇至貞吝
九四解而拇朋至斯孚
六五君子維有解吉有孚于小人
上六公用射隼于高墉之上獲之无不利
188. … auspicious. There is someplace to go …
Released: Beneficial to the southwest. There is no place to go. His coming in return: auspicious. There is someplace to go. Early auspiciousness.
First Six: There is no trouble.
Nine in the Second: Hunting capturing three foxes and obtaining a yellow arrowhead. Determining: auspicious.
Six in the Third: Carrying on the back and riding, brings robbers to arrive. Determining: distress.
Nine in the Fourth: Releasing your thumb. Friends bring this trust.
Six in the Fifth: It is the nobleman who is released. Auspicious. There is trust in the petty man.
Top Six: The duke herewith shoots a hawk at the top of the high wall, bagging it.
There is nothing not beneficial.
Sun 損, “Decrease” (Hexagram 41)損有孚元吉无咎可貞利有攸往曷之用二簋可用享
初九已事遄往无咎酌損之
九二利貞征凶弗損益之
六三三人行則損一人一人行, 則得其友
189. 四損其
六四損其疾使遄有喜无咎
六五或益之十朋之龜弗克違元吉
上九弗損益之无咎貞吉利有攸往得臣无家
Decrease: There is trust. Prime auspiciousness. There is no trouble. One can determine. Beneficial to have someplace to go. How to use two serving bowls? They can be used to make offering.
First Nine: Ending the service and quickly going. There is no trouble. In toasting, decreasing it.
Nine in the Second: Beneficial to determine. Campaigning: ominous. Not decreasing it but increasing it.
Six in the Third: If three men travel, then they lose one man; if one man travels, then he obtains his friend.
189. … Fourth: Decreasing his …
Six in the Fourth: Decreasing his illness, causing him quickly to have happiness.
There is no trouble.
Six in the Fifth: Someone increases it, ten double strands of turtle shells. You cannot go against them. Prime auspiciousness.
Top Nine: Not decreasing it but increasing it. There is no trouble. Determining: auspicious. Beneficial to have someplace to go. Obtaining a servant without a family.
Guai 夬, “Resolute” (Hexagram 43)夬揚于王庭孚號有厲告自邑不利即戎利有攸往
190. 勝為咎
初九壯于前趾往不勝為吝
九二惕號莫夜有戎勿恤
九三壯于頄有凶君子夬夬獨行遇雨若濡有慍无咎
九四臀无膚其行次且牽羊悔亡聞言不信
九五莧陸夬夬中行无咎
上六无號終有凶
Resolute: Raised up in the king’s courtyard. A captive screams. There is danger, announced from the city. Not beneficial to approach enemies; beneficial to have someplace to go.
190. … victorious; it is trouble. …
First Nine: Wounded in the front foot. Going: not victorious. It is distress.
Nine in the Second: An apprehensive scream. In the evening and night there are enemies. Do not worry.
Nine in the Third: Wounded on the forehead. It is ominous. The nobleman is so resolute: Moving alone and meeting rain, if wet he will get steamed up. There is no trouble.
Nine in the Fourth: Buttocks without flesh. His movement is halting, pulling a sheep. Regrets gone. Hearing words that are not believable.
Nine in the Fifth: Purslane so resolute, in the middle of the road. There is no trouble.
Top Six: There is no scream. In the end it is ominous.
Cui 萃, “Gathering” (Hexagram 45)萃亨王假有廟利見大人亨利貞用大牲吉利有攸往
191. 吉 • 初六有□
初六有孚不終乃亂乃萃若號一握為笑勿恤往无咎
六二引吉无咎孚乃利用禴
六三萃如嗟如无攸利往无咎小吝
九四大吉无咎
九五萃有位无咎匪孚元永貞悔亡
上六齎咨涕洟无咎
Gathering: Receipt. The king enters into the temple. Beneficial to see the great man. Receipt. Beneficial to determine. Using the great ox sacrifice: auspicious. Beneficial to have someplace to go.
191. … auspicious. • First Six: There is …
First Six: There is trust, unending, then disordered and then gathered. A scream once grasped becomes laughter. Do not worry. Going: there is no trouble.
Six in the Second: Prolonged auspiciousness. There is no trouble. Trusting then it is beneficial therewith to make a vegetarian offering.
Six in the Third: Gathered, sighing. There is nothing beneficial. Going: there is no trouble. A little distress.
Nine in the Fourth: Greatly auspicious. There is no trouble.
Nine in the Fifth: Gathered in positions. There is no trouble. Not trusting. Prime long-term determination: regrets gone.
Top Six: Sobbing, snivel and snot. There is no trouble.
Deng 登 [Sheng 升], “Ascending” (Hexagram 46)升元亨用見大人勿恤南征吉
初六允升大吉
九二孚乃利用禴无咎
192. • 九三登虛邑卜病
九三升虛邑
193. 亨于枝山吉
六四王用亨于岐山吉无咎
六五貞吉升階
上六冥升利于不息之貞
Ascending: Prime receipt. Use to see the great man. Do not worry. Campaigning to the south: auspicious.
First Six: Truly ascending. Greatly auspicious.
Nine in the Second: Trusting then it is beneficial herewith to make vegetarian offering. There is no trouble.
192. … • Nine in the Third: Ascending the mound and city. Divining about illness …
Nine in the Third: Ascending the mound and city.
193. … makes offering on Forked Mountain, auspicious. …
Six in the Fourth: The king herewith sacrifices on Forked Mountain. Auspicious. There is no trouble.
Six in the Fifth: Determining: auspicious. Ascending the stairs.
Top Six: Darkly ascending. Beneficial with respect to unending determination.
Kun 困, “Bound” (Hexagram 47)194. 言不
困亨貞大人吉无咎有言不信
195. 三陵不□
初六臀困于株木入于幽谷三陵不覿
196. 于酒食
九二困于酒食朱紱方來利用享祀征凶无咎
六三困于石據于蒺藜入于其宮不見其妻凶
九四來徐徐困于金車吝有終
九五劓刖困于赤紱乃徐有說利用祭祀
上六困于葛藟于臲卼曰動悔有悔征吉
194. … words that are not …
Bound: Receipt. Determining: for the great man auspicious. There is no trouble. There are words that are not believable.
195. … three years not …
First Six: The buttocks bound by the tree trunk: entering into the dark valley, for three years not seeing him.
196. … by wine and food: …
Nine in the Second: Bound by wine and food. The country of the scarlet kneepads comes. Beneficial herewith to make offering and sacrifice. Campaigning: ominous. There is no trouble.
Six in the Third: Bound by stone, stuck in the brambles: entering into his palace, and not seeing his wife. Ominous.
Nine in the Fourth: Coming so slowly, bound by a bronze cart. Distress. There is an end.
Nine in the Fifth: Cutting off the nose and foot. Bound by the crimson kneepads, and then slowly having release. Beneficial herewith to sacrifice.
Top Six: Bound by wild grapevines, tripping. This is called “Moving, regrets.” There are regrets. Campaigning: auspicious.
Jing 井, “The Well” (Hexagram 48)197. 邑不
井改邑不改井无喪无得往來井井汔至亦未繘井羸其瓶凶
初六井泥不食舊井无禽
198. 敝屢卜半及家彼半
九二井谷射鮒甕敝漏
九三井渫不食為我心惻可用汲王明并受其福
六四井甃无咎
199. • 九五井厲□
九五井冽寒泉食
上六井收勿幕有孚元吉
197. … city, not …
The Well: Changing the city, not changing the well. There is no loss, there is no gain. Going and coming in succession. Upon arrival, also not yet dipping the well, breaking its pitcher. Ominous.
First Six: The well is muddy and not drinkable. The old well is without a catch.
198. … battered often. Divining about the division reaching the family: that division …
Nine in the Second: The well is deep, shooting the silverfish. The pitcher is battered and leaking.
Nine in the Third: The well leaks and is not drinkable. It makes my heart pained. It can be used to draw from. The king is bright, together receiving its blessings.
Six in the Fourth: The well is bricked. There is no trouble.
199. … • Nine in the Fifth: The well is dangerous; …
Nine in the Fifth: The well is frigid; the cold spring is drinkable.
Top Six: The well is received; do not cover it. There is trust. Prime auspiciousness.
Ge 革, “Rebellion” (Hexagram 49)革巳日乃孚元亨利貞悔亡
初九鞏用黃牛之革
六二巳日乃革之征吉无咎
九三征凶貞厲革言三就有孚
九四悔亡有孚改命吉
九五大人虎變未占有孚
200. 豹便小人革
201. 面征凶
上六君子豹變小人革面征凶居貞吉
Rebellion: On a si day then trust. Prime receipt. Beneficial to determine. Regrets gone.
First Nine: Strengthening using a yellow ox’s hide.
Six in the Second: On a si day then overthrow it. Campaigning: auspicious. There is no trouble.
Nine in the Third: Campaigning: ominous. Determining: danger. Overturning words thrice approached, there is trust.
Nine in the Fourth: Regrets gone. There is trust. Changing the mandate: auspicious.
Nine in the Fifth: The great man changes like a tiger. Not yet prognosticating, there is trust.
200. … changes like a leopard, the petty man overturns
201. his face. Campaigning: ominous.
Top Six: The nobleman changes like a leopard, the petty man overturns his face. Campaigning: ominous. Determining about residence: auspicious.
Ding 鼎, “The Cauldron” (Hexagram 50)鼎元吉亨
初六鼎顛趾利出否得妾以其子无咎
九二鼎有實我仇有疾不我能即吉
九三鼎耳革其行塞雉膏不食方雨虧悔終吉
九四鼎折足覆公餗其形渥凶
六五鼎黃耳金鉉利貞
202. 大事凶 • 上九鼎
203. 大吉无不
上九鼎玉鉉大吉无不利
The Cauldron: Prime auspiciousness. Receipt.
First Six: The cauldron’s overturned legs: Beneficial to expel the bad, to get a wife with her children. There is no trouble.
Nine in the Second: The cauldron has substance: My enemy has an illness, that cannot approach me. Auspicious.
Nine in the Third: The cauldron’s ears are changed: Its movement is blocked, the pheasant fat is not edible; the borderland rains diminish. Regret, in the end auspicious.
Nine in the Fourth: The cauldron’s broken leg: Overturns the duke’s stew, its form glossy. Ominous.
Six in the Fifth: The cauldron has yellow ears and a bronze bar. Beneficial to determine.
202. … great service, ominous. Top Nine: The cauldron …
203. … greatly auspicious. There is nothing not …
Top Nine: The cauldron has a jade bar. Greatly auspicious. There is nothing not beneficial.
Gen 艮, “Stilling” (Hexagram 52)艮其背不獲其身行其庭不見其人无咎
初六艮其趾无咎利永貞
六二艮其腓不拯其隨其心不快
204. 厲薰
九三艮其限列其夤厲薰心
六四艮其身无咎
205. 艮其輔
六五艮其輔言有序悔亡
上九敦艮吉
Stilling his back, not capturing his body; walking into his court, not seeing his person. There is no trouble.
First Six: Stilling his foot. There is no trouble. Beneficial to determine about the long-term.
Six in the Second: Stilling his calf: not grasping his cut flesh, his heart is not happy.
204. … Danger. Smoke …
Nine in the Third: Stilling his midsection, carving his spinal meat. Danger. Smoking the heart.
Six in the Fourth: Stilling his torso. There is no trouble.
205. … Stilling his cheeks …
Six in the Fifth: Stilling his cheeks. Words have sequence. Regrets gone.
Top Nine: Generous stilling. Auspicious.
Gui Mei 歸妹, “Returning Maiden” (Hexagram 54)歸妹征凶无攸利
初九歸妹以娣跛能履征吉
206. 幽人之貞
九二眇能視利幽人之貞
六三歸妹以須反歸以娣
九四歸妹愆期遲歸有時
六五帝乙歸妹其君之袂不如其娣之袂良月幾望吉
上六女承筐无實士刲羊无血无攸利
Returning Maiden: Campaigning: ominous. There is nothing beneficial.
First Nine: The returning maiden together with her younger sisters. The lame are able to step. Campaigning: auspicious.
206. … a dark man’s determination …
Nine in the Second: The blind are able to see. Beneficial for a dark man’s determination.
Six in the Third: The returning maiden together with her maids, going back in return together with her younger sisters.
Nine in the Fourth: The returning maiden postpones the date, slowly returning, there is a time.
Six in the Fifth: Di Yi marries his daughter: her lord’s sleeves are not as fine as her younger sisters’ sleeves. The moon is almost full. Auspicious.
Top Six: The woman raises a basket without fruit, the man stabs a sheep without blood. There is nothing beneficial.
Lü 旅, “Traveling” (Hexagram 56)旅小亨旅貞吉
初六旅瑣瑣斯其所取災
207. • 六二旅即其次
六二旅即次懷其資得童僕貞
九三旅焚其次喪其童僕貞厲
九四旅于處得其資斧我心不快
六五射雉一矢亡終以譽命
上九鳥焚其巢旅人先笑後號啕喪牛于易凶
Traveling: Little receipt. Determining about traveling: auspicious.
First Six: The traveler so hesitant. This is the disaster that he has taken.
207. … • Six in the Second: The traveler approaches his camp. …
Six in the Second: The traveler approaches the camp: Embracing his goods, and obtaining a young servant’s determination.
Nine in the Third: The traveler burns his camp, losing his young servant. Determining: danger.
Nine in the Fourth: The traveler in place: Obtaining his goods and axe, our hearts are not happy.
Six in the Fifth: Shooting a pheasant, one arrow misses. Ending with a praising mandate.
Top Nine: The bird burns its nest. The traveling man first laughs and later screams, losing an ox at Yi. Ominous.
Jie 節, “Moderation” (Hexagram 60)節亨苦節不可貞
初九不出戶庭无咎
九二不出門庭凶
208. 不節若則
六三不節若則嗟若无咎
六四安節亨
九五甘節吉往有尚
上六苦節貞凶悔亡
Moderation: Receipt. Bitter moderation. One cannot determine.
First Nine: Not going out of the window or court. There is no trouble.
Nine in the Second: Not going out of the gate or court. Ominous.
208. … not moderately, then …
Six in the Third: If not moderately, then sighingly. There is no trouble.
Six in the Fourth: Peaceful moderation. Receipt.
Nine in the Fifth: Sweet moderation. Auspicious. Going: there is elevation.
Top Six: Bitter moderation. Determining: ominous. Regrets gone.
Zhong Fu 中孚, “Internal Trust” (Hexagram 61)中孚豚魚吉利涉大川利貞
209. 大谷 • 初九吴
初九虞吉有它不燕
210. 我有好爵吾與
九二鳴鶴在陰其子和之我有好爵吾與爾靡之
六三得敵或鼓或罷或泣或歌
211. 六四月幾望
六四月幾望馬匹亡无咎
九五有孚攣如无咎
212. 取婦嫁女不吉田不得 • 上九翰音
上九翰音登于天貞凶
Internal Trust: Pigs and fishes. Auspicious. Beneficial to ford the great river. Beneficial to determine.
209. … great valley. • First Nine: The gamekeeper …
First Nine: The gamekeeper. Auspicious. There is another who is not at ease.
210. … We have a fine chalice; I will together …
Nine in the Second: A calling crane in the shade, its young harmonize with it. We have a fine chalice, I will together with you drain it.
Six in the Third: Obtaining the enemy, now drumming, now quitting, now crying, now singing.
211. … Six in the Fourth: The moon is almost full; …
Six in the Fourth: The moon is almost full; the horses are lost. There is no trouble.
Nine in the Fifth: There is a captive trussed up. There is no trouble.
212. … about obtaining a wife and marrying off a daughter: not auspicious; about hunting: you will not obtain anything. • Top Nine: Soaring notes …
Top Nine: Soaring notes ascend into the heavens. Determining: ominous.