Favorable in the southwest. If there is nowhere to go, returning brings Good fortune. If there is somewhere to go, acting early brings Good fortune.
彖傳 · Tuan Zhuan
Judgment Commentary
Release means moving out of danger. By moving, one escapes danger: this is Release. Release is favorable in the southwest because in going there one gains the multitude. Returning brings Good fortune because by returning one gains the center. If there is somewhere to go, acting early brings Good fortune because going there brings achievement. When Heaven and Earth are released, thunder and rain arise; when thunder and rain arise, the hundred fruits, grasses, and trees all burst open. Great indeed is the time of Release.
象 · Xiang
Image
Thunder and rain break forth: Release. The Noble One pardons faults and forgives offenses.
六爻 · Six Lines
Lines
Line 06
Top Six
The duke shoots a hawk from the top of a high wall and gets it. Nothing is unfavorable.
Commentary
The duke's shooting of the hawk releases what is contrary.
Line 05
Six in the Fifth
Only the Noble One can bring release. Good fortune. Even among petty people there is trust.
Commentary
When the Noble One brings release, the petty people withdraw.
Line 04
Nine in the Fourth
Free the big toe. When companions arrive, then there is trust.
Commentary
Freeing the big toe means not yet being in the proper place.
Line 03
Six in the Third
Bearing a burden and yet riding in a carriage brings robbers on oneself. Persevering in this brings humiliation.
Commentary
Bearing a burden and yet riding is shameful enough. If one brings robbers on oneself, who else is to blame?
Line 02
Nine in the Second
In the field, catch three foxes and gain yellow arrows. Perseverance brings Good fortune.
Commentary
The perseverance and good fortune of Nine in the Second come from finding the middle way.
Line 01
Initial Six
No blame.
Commentary
At the meeting of firm and yielding, No blame is right.