Deliverance

Deliverance. Tension releases; resolve what is left quickly, then let things return to normal.

• 初六 · Line 1
  无咎。
  The first SIX, divided, shows that its subject will commit no error.
  象曰：剛柔之際，義无咎也。
• 九二 · Line 2
  田獲三狐，得黃矢，貞吉。
  The second NINE, undivided, shows its subject catch, in hunting, three foxes, and obtain the yellow (= golden) arrows. With firm correctness there will be good fortune.
  象曰：九二貞吉，得中道也。
• 六三 · Line 3
  負且乘，致寇至，貞吝。
  The third SIX, divided, shows a porter with his burden, (yet) riding in a carriage. He will (only) tempt robbers to attack him. However firm and correct he may (try to) be, there will be cause for regret.
  象曰：負且乘，亦可丑也，自我致戎，又誰咎也。
• 九四 · Line 4
  解而拇，朋至斯孚。
  (To the subject of) the fourth NINE, undivided, (it is said), 'Remove your toes. Friends will (then) come, between you and whom there will be mutual confidence.'
  象曰：解而拇，未當位也。
• 六五 · Line 5
  君子惟有解，吉；有孚于小人。
  The fifth SIX, divided, shows (its subject), the superior man (= the ruler), executing his function of removing (whatever is injurious to the idea of the hexagram), in which case there will he good fortune, and confidence in him will be shown even by the small men.
  象曰：君子有解，小人退也。
• 上六 · Line 6
  公用射隼，于高墉之上，獲之，无不利。
  In the sixth SIX, divided, we see a feudal prince (with his bow) shooting at a falcon on the top of a high wall, and hitting it. (The effect of his action) will be in every way advantageous.
  象曰：公用射隼，以解悖也。