Hexagram 40 van 64
De Bevrijding
解 · Xiè
Zhen (Thunder) · Kan (Water)
Het Oordeel
In de (door) Kieh (aangeduide) toestand zal voordeel gevonden worden in het zuidwesten. Als geen (verdere) operaties vereist zijn, zal er geluk zijn in het terugkeren (naar de oude omstandigheden). Als sommige operaties vereist zijn, zal er geluk zijn in het vroeg uitvoeren ervan.
De zes lijnen
Lijn 1
The first SIX, divided, shows that its subject will commit no error.
Lijn 2
The second NINE, undivided, shows its subject catch, in hunting, three foxes, and obtain the yellow (= golden) arrows. With firm correctness there will be good fortune.
Lijn 3
The third SIX, 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.
Lijn 4
(To the subject of) the fourth NINE, undivided, (it is said), 'Remove your toes. Friends will (then) come, between you and whom there will be mutual confidence.'
Lijn 5
The fifth SIX, 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 he good fortune, and confidence in him will be shown even by the small men.
Lijn 6
In the sixth SIX, divided, we see a feudal prince (with his bow) shooting at a falcon on the
Kernthema's
- opluchting
- verlichting
- vergeving
- nieuwe start
Klassieke tekst: de vertaling van James Legge (1882, publiek domein), getoond in het Engels. Vertalingen zijn onderweg.