Classic of Changes
十翼 Shí yì
雜卦傳 Miscellaneous Notes on the Hexagrams · Zá guà zhuàn
乾剛坤柔，比樂師憂。臨、觀之義，或與或求。
Strength in Khien, weakness in Khwăn we find.
Pî shows us joy, and Sze the anxious mind.
Lin gives, Kwân seeks;—such are the several themes
Their different figures were to teach designed.
屯見而不失其居，蒙雜而著。
Kun manifests itself, yet keeps its place;
’Mid darkness still, to light Măng sets its face.
震起也，艮止也。損、益，盛衰之始也。大畜時也，无妄災也。
Kăn starts; Kăn stops. In Sun and Yî are seen
How fulness and decay their course begin.
Tâ Khû keeps still, and waits the proper time.
Wû Wang sets forth how evil springs from crime.
Hard toil and danger have in Kien their home.
萃聚，而升不來也。謙輕，而豫怠也。噬嗑食也，賁无色也。
Good men in Ȝhui collect; in Shăng they rise:
Khien itself, Yü others doth despise.
Shih Ho takes eating for its theme; and Pî
Takes what is plain, from ornament quite free.
兌見，而巽伏也。
Tui shows its scope, but Sun’s we do not see.
隨无故也，蠱則飭也。
Sui quits the old; Kû makes a new decree.
剝爛也，復反也。晉晝也，明夷誅也。
We see in Po its subject worn away;
And Fû shows its recovering from decay.
Above in Ȝin the sun shines clear and bright;
But in Ming Î ’tis hidden from the sight.
井通，而困相遇也。
Progress in Ȝing in Khwăn encounters blight.
咸速也，恆久也。
Effect quick answering cause in Hsien appears;
While Hăng denotes continuance for years.
渙離也，節止也。解緩也，蹇難也。睽外也，家人內也。否、泰，反其類也。大壯則止，遯則退也。
Hwân scatters; but Ȝieh its code of rules uprears.
Relief and ease with Kieh are sure to come;
Khwei looks on others as beyond its care;
Kiâ Zăn all includes within its sphere.
While Phî and Thâi their different scopes prefer,
Tâ Kwang stops here as right; withdraws Thun there.
大有眾也，同人親也。革去故也，鼎取新也。小過過也，中孚信也。豐多故也，親寡旅也。
Tâ Yû adhering multitudes can show;
Thung Zăn reflects their warm affection’s glow.
Ting takes what’s new; the old is left by Ko.
Sincere is Kung Fû; but exceeds, Hsiâo Kwo.
Făng tells of trouble; Lü can boast few friends.
離上，而坎下也。
Fire mounts in Lî; water in Khân descends.
小畜寡也，履不處也。
Hsiâo Khû with few ’gainst many foes contends.
Movement in Lî, unresting, never ends.
需不進也，訟不親也。大過顛也，遘遇也。柔遇剛也。漸。女歸待男行也。頤。養正也。既濟。定也。歸妹。女之終也。未濟。男之窮也。夬。決也。剛決柔也。君子道長。小人道憂也。
Hsü shows its subject making no advance:
In Sung we seek in vain a friendly glance;
And Tâ Kwo’s overthrown with sad mischance.
Kâu shows a meeting, where the many strong
Are met by one that’s weak, yet struggles long.
In Kien we see a bride who will delay
To move until the bridegroom takes his way.
Body and mind are nourished right in Î;
All things are well established in Kî Ȝî.
Kwei Mei reveals how ends the virgin life;
Wei Ȝî how fails the youth (to get a wife).
The strong disperse the weak; Kwâi teaches so.
Prospers the good man’s way; to grief all small men go.