16 · 豫

Hexagram 16, 豫. Original Chinese judgment: 利建侯，行師。 Read the six line statements, commentaries and separately labeled editorial summaries.

Judgment

利建侯，行師。

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Line texts

  1. 初六：鳴豫，凶。
  2. 六二：介于石，不終日，貞吉。
  3. 六三：盱豫，悔。遲有悔。
  4. 九四：由豫，大有得。勿疑。朋盍簪。
  5. 六五：貞疾，恆不死。
  6. 上六：冥豫，成有渝，无咎。

Tuan commentary

豫，剛應而志行，順以動，豫。豫，順以動，故天地如之，而況建侯行師乎？天地以順動，故日月不過，而四時不忒；聖人以順動，則刑罰清而民服。豫之時義大矣哉！

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Great Image commentary

雷出地奮，豫。先王以作樂崇德，殷薦之上帝，以配祖考。

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  1. 初六鳴豫，志窮凶也。
  2. 不終日，貞吉；以中正也。
  3. 盱豫有悔，位不當也。
  4. 由豫，大有得；志大行也。
  5. 六五貞疾，乘剛也。恆不死，中未亡也。
  6. 冥豫在上，何可長也。

Traditional source · editorial summary in Chinese

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Judgment exegesis

Zhu Xi explains Yu through harmonious joy in people’s hearts and action responding to circumstances. The fourth line, the sole yang, receives responses above and below. Joy must accord with fitting action rather than becoming personal indulgence.

Traditional source · editorial summary in Chinese · Line texts

  1. Yielding yin at the beginning relies on strong support and boasts of its joy after success. Pleasure overflows and purpose reaches its limit, hence inauspiciousness.
  2. Centered correctness in the second yin line stands firm as a rock while others indulge in pleasure. Quiet resolve quickly discerns the beginnings of events, without waiting the whole day.
  3. Yielding yin lacks centered correctness and lies near the governing fourth yang line, looking upward and indulging in joy. Correct oneself immediately; hesitation brings further regret.
  4. The fourth yang line is the source of the hexagram’s harmonious joy and can broadly realize its purpose. Utmost sincerity without doubt is still needed for friends to gather quickly.
  5. Yielding strength in the honored fifth position indulges in joy while constrained by the fourth line’s firmness, like a lasting illness. Remaining centered prevents complete destruction.
  6. Yielding yin at the extreme of joy is like darkened indulgence. Fortunately it belongs to the trigram of movement; even after matters have taken shape, change can still remedy the fault.

Plain-language reading

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Judgment introduction

Yu describes shared joy and action following the situation’s momentum. Joy can unite action, but needs proper principles and preparation. Indulgence in personal pleasure turns ease into a loss of restraint.

Plain-language reading · Line texts

  1. Relying on outside support and flaunting delight turns happiness into complacency, quickly exhausting the purpose.
  2. While others indulge, remain firm as stone and perceive change promptly, without delaying for a whole day.
  3. Dependence on a powerful person and indulgence in ease call for an early awakening; longer hesitation deepens regret.
  4. As the center of shared joy and action, genuine sincerity without doubt can quickly bring companions together.
  5. In an important position yet constrained and indulging, one is like someone chronically ill. Centrality is still maintained, so the condition does not lead to extinction.
  6. At the extreme of ease, one becomes dim and absorbed in indulgence. Even after the situation has formed, change can still remedy faults.

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