Opposition

Opposition. Differences are present; small matters can still go well through understanding.

• 初九 · Line 1
  悔亡，喪馬勿逐，自復；見惡人无咎。
  The first NINE, undivided, shows that (to its subject) occasion for repentance will disappear. He has lost his horses, but let him not seek for them;--they will return of themselves. Should he meet with bad men, he will not err (in communicating with them).
  象曰：見惡人，以辟咎也。
• 九二 · Line 2
  遇主于巷，无咎。
  The second NINE, undivided, shows its subject happening to meet with his lord in a bye-passage. There will be no error.
  象曰：遇主于巷，未失道也。
• 六三 · Line 3
  見輿曳，其牛𧤊，其人天且劓，无初有終。
  In the third SIX, divided, we see one whose carriage is dragged back, while the oxen in it are pushed back, and he is himself subjected to the shaving of his head and the cutting off of his nose. There is no good beginning, but there will be a good end.
  象曰：見輿曳，位不當也。无初有終，遇剛也。
• 九四 · Line 4
  睽孤，遇元夫，交孚，厲无咎。
  The fourth NINE, undivided, shows its subject solitary amidst the (prevailing) disunion. (But) he meets with the good man (represented by the first line), and they blend their sincere desires together. The position is one of peril, but there will be no mistake.
  象曰：交孚无咎，志行也。
• 六五 · Line 5
  悔亡，厥宗噬膚，往何咎。
  The fifth SIX, divided, shows that (to its subject) occasion for repentance will disappear. With his relative (and minister he unites closely and readily) as if he were biting through a piece of skin. When he goes forward (with this help), what error can there be?
  象曰：厥宗噬膚，往有慶也。
• 上九 · Line 6
  睽孤， 見豕負涂，載鬼一車， 先張之弧，後說之弧，匪寇婚媾，往遇雨則吉。
  The topmost NINE, undivided, shows its subject solitary amidst the (prevailing) disunion. (In the subject of the third line, he seems to) see a pig bearing on its back a load of mud, (or fancies) there is a carriage full of ghosts. He first bends his bow against him, and afterwards unbends it, (for he discovers) that he is not an assailant to injure, but a near relative. Going forward, he shall meet with (genial) rain, and there will be good fortune.
  象曰：遇雨之吉，群疑亡也。