Line 06
Top Six
Darkened enthusiasm reaches completion. There is change. No blame.
Corresponds to line 3
Commentary
Darkened enthusiasm at the top: how could it last long?
16
豫
Yù
Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm
彖 · Tuan
Judgment
Favorable to establish lords and set armies in motion.
Judgment Commentary · 彖傳
Yu: the firm responds and the will is carried out. Compliant and thereby moving, this is Yu. Yu is compliant and moves; therefore Heaven and Earth are like this, how much more in establishing lords and setting armies in motion? Heaven and Earth move by compliance; therefore sun and moon do not go beyond their measure and the four seasons do not err. The sage moves by compliance; then punishments are clear and the people submit. Great indeed is the timely meaning of Yu!
象 · Xiang
Image
Thunder comes forth from the earth in fervor: Yu. The Former Kings made music to honor virtue, richly offered it to the Highest Deity, and paired it with the ancestral fathers.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 05
Six in the Fifth
A persistent illness, yet not dying.
Central Corresponds to line 2
Commentary
The persistent illness of Six in the Fifth comes from riding on the firm. Yet not dying means the center has not been lost.
Line 04
Nine in the Fourth
From enthusiasm comes great gain. Do not doubt. Companions gather together.
Corresponds to line 1
Commentary
From enthusiasm comes great gain because the will is greatly carried out.
Line 03
Six in the Third
Looking upward in enthusiasm. Regret. Delay brings regret.
Corresponds to line 6
Commentary
Looking upward in enthusiasm brings Regret. The position is not fitting.
Line 02
Six in the Second
Firm as stone. Before the day is over. Perseverance: Good fortune.
Central Corresponds to line 5
Commentary
Before the day is over, perseverance: Good fortune. This comes from center and correctness.
Line 01
Initial Six
Enthusiasm made audible. Misfortune.
Corresponds to line 4
Commentary
Initial Six making enthusiasm audible: the will is exhausted, and it is unfortunate.
卦象 · Guà Xiàng
Trigrams
Ruling trigram
Chên
