Classic of Changes

易
經
Yì
jīng
~800 BCE
渙 第五十九
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渙 第五十九 Hexagram 59 · Huàn

渙:亨,王假有廟,利涉大川,利貞。

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Hwân intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. The king goes to his ancestral temple; and it will be advantageous to cross the great stream. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct.

初六:用拯馬壯,吉。

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The first line, divided, shows its subject engaged in rescuing (from the impending evil) and having (the assistance of) a strong horse. There will be good fortune.

九二:渙奔其机,悔亡。

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The second line, undivided, shows its subject, amid the dispersion, hurrying to his contrivance (for security). All occasion for repentance will disappear.

六三:渙其躬,无悔。

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The third line, divided, shows its subject discarding any regard to his own person. There will be no occasion for repentance.

六四:渙其群,元吉。渙有丘,匪夷所思。

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The fourth line, divided, shows its subject scattering the (different) parties (in the state); which leads to great good fortune. From the dispersion (he collects again good men standing out, a crowd) like a mound, which is what ordinary men would not have thought of.

九五:渙汗其大號,渙王居,无咎。

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The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject amidst the dispersion issuing his great announcements as the perspiration (flows from his body). He scatters abroad (also) the accumulations in the royal granaries. There will be no error.

上九:渙其血,去逖出,无咎。

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The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject disposing of (what may be called) its bloody wounds, and going and separating himself from its anxious fears. There will be no error.