The 64 Hexagrams / 16
Hexagram 16 · ䷏
Enthusiasm
豫 · Yù
Upper Thunder 震Lower Earth 坤
The Judgment · 卦辭
利建侯行師。
Yü indicates that, (in the state which it implies), feudal princes may be set up, and the hosts put in motion, with advantage.
The Image · 大象
雷出地奮,豫。先王以作樂崇德,殷薦之上帝,以配祖考。
(The trigrams for) the earth and thunder issuing from it with its crashing noise form Yü. The ancient kings, in accordance with this, composed their music and did honour to virtue, presenting it especially and most grandly to God, when they associated with Him (at the service) their highest ancestor and their father.
Plain-English Meaning
Enthusiasm. Energy and inspiration are rising; use them to rally support and act in harmony.
The Judgment
Enthusiasm favours setting things in motion and gathering helpers.
The Image
Like thunder bursting from the earth, celebrate and honour what truly matters.
Editorial summary written for this site; not a translation.
The Lines · 爻辭
- 初六 · Line 1鳴豫,凶。The first SIX, divided, shows its subject proclaiming his pleasure and satisfaction. There will be evil.象曰:初六鳴豫,志窮凶也。
- 六二 · Line 2介于石,不終日,貞吉。The second SIX, divided, shows one who is firm as a rock. (He sees a thing) without waiting till it has come to pass; with his firm correctness there will be good fortune.象曰:不終日,貞吉;以中正也。
- 六三 · Line 3盱豫,悔。遲有悔。The third SIX, divided, shows one looking up (for favours), while he indulges the feeling of pleasure and satisfaction. If he would understand!--If he be late in doing so, there will indeed be occasion for repentance.象曰:盱豫有悔,位不當也。
- 九四 · Line 4由豫,大有得。勿疑。朋盍戠。The fourth NINE, undivided, shows him from whom the harmony and satisfaction come. Great is the success which he obtains. Let him not allow suspicions to enter his mind, and thus friends will gather around him.象曰:由豫,大有得;志大行也。
- 六五 · Line 5貞疾,恆不死。The fifth six, divided, shows one with a chronic complaint, but who lives on without dying.象曰:六五貞疾,乘剛也。恆不死,中未亡也。
- 上六 · Line 6冥豫,成有渝,无咎。The topmost six, divided, shows its subject with darkened mind devoted to the pleasure and satisfaction (of the time); but if he change his course even when (it may be considered as) completed, there will be no error.象曰:冥豫在上,何可長也。
English: James Legge (1882), public domain · Text · Image (Appendix II), sacred-texts.com.