Hexagram 9 · 风天小畜

小畜卦原文
小畜。亨。密云不雨，自我西郊。

象曰：风行天上，小畜。君子以懿文德。

白话文解释
小畜卦：吉利。在西郊一带浓云密布，但雨没有下来。
《象辞》说：上卦为巽，巽为风；下卦为乾，乾为天，和风拂地，草木低昂，勃勃滋生，这是小畜的卦象。君子观此卦象，取法催发万物的和风，自励风范，推行德教。
《断易天机》解
小畜卦巽上乾下，为巽宫初世卦。小畜为小的蓄积、小的阻碍，阳盛而阴不足，以致不得不暂时停顿，但终究还能亨通。

北宋易学家邵雍解
力量寡弱，阻止前进；藏器待时，耐心推进。
得此卦者，力量薄弱，运势反覆，宜蓄养实力，静待时机，急进则有险，凡事须耐心推进。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：平平无奇，受人牵制。
财运：外表不错，内多耗损。
家宅：小康，须防口舌；娶得淑女。
身体：风火之症；小孩吉，大人凶。

传统解卦
这个卦是异卦（下乾上巽）相叠，乾为天，巽为风。喻风调雨顺，谷物滋长，故卦名小畜（蓄）。力量有限，须待发展到一定程度，才可大有作为。
大象：蓄养之量有限，力不从心，故宜忍耐蓄养实力，静待时机。
运势：运势反覆，有口舌之争，但难于短期内解决，须忍耐，静待时机。
事业：时机尚不成熟，应当耐心而积极地积存力量，切不可冒险行动。遇到挫折不可灰心，鼓起勇气战胜困难，坚持原则，加强团结合作，提前做好各项准备，会有所成。
经商：已有一定的基础，但有失去危险，一定要特别慎重，争取与他人真诚合作，共同获利，决不贪心，适可而止，但更不能满足现状，不图进取。
求名：树立远大目标，尽最大努力去争取，虚心求教他人，取得真诚帮助，实现自己的理想，警惕小人的破坏。
婚恋：双方必须十分忠诚，第三者插足的现象极有可能发生。
决策：不很顺利，前进途中会遇到一些意想不到的困难。但由于本人性格坚强，具有战胜不利条件的意志。因此，可以实理自己的理想。但极有可能遭到小人的伤害，必须得到志同道合者的真诚相助，才能可能排除障碍。对所得应满足，适可而止，切不可过度追求，以免满招损。

第九卦的哲学含义

小畜卦，这个卦是异卦相叠，下卦为乾，上卦为巽。乾为天，巽为风。喻风调雨顺，谷物滋长，故卦名小畜。畜的本义是田中作物茂聚，引申为积畜，小畜为一点点积畜。因为力量有限，还没有达到大畜的程度，所以须待发展到一定程度，才可大有作为。
小畜卦位于比卦之后，《序卦》之中这样解释道：“比必有所畜，故受之以小畜。”比合在一起一定会有所积蓄，所以接着是小畜卦。
象辞中说“君子以懿文德”，荀爽认为指的是周文王在西岐时还没有做天子，不 能把恩泽、政令施于民，所以只能美化自己的道德。事实上，这一卦应当描述的是周 公摄政的事。周公称王代替年幼的成王治理天下，而其依然自认为是臣民，所以以柔 顺之德居于六四之位，周公的东征，正是为周公之治的兴盛打下了基础，所以周公摄 政东征后，使西周的经济出现了小小的积蓄。

09.风天小畜(䷈)-高岛易断
畜字从玄，从田，玄者，水也，田中蓄水以养禾，兼有蕴藏含养等义。“小”者大之反，谓物之微细者也。此卦六爻，惟六四一阴，能畜五阳，为成卦之义。阳大阴小，以阴畜阳，故谓小。卦体下《乾》上《巽》，《乾》者刚健，《巽》者柔顺，《乾》下三刚，《巽》一柔二刚，《巽》以一柔为主，蓄藏群刚，故谓之《小畜》。《序卦传》曰：“《比》必有所畜，故受之以《小畜》。”凡物相比附，则必聚积，是卦之所以次《比》也。
小畜：亨。密云不雨，自我西郊。
▲　甲骨文畜
“畜”者，止也，“亨”者，通也，其义相反。然此卦二五皆阳而得中，有健行之象，虽一时为六四所止，终得亨通也，故曰“《小畜》亨”，犹《屯》曰“元亨”。“密云不雨，自我西郊”，此二句专就六四成卦之主而言，《乾》者天也，《巽》者风也，内卦为天，太阳热气，照射大地，水气感触，阳气蒸腾为云，《乾》为密，故曰“密云”。天上有风，云欲为雨，为风吹散，故“不雨”。凡云气自东而西则雨，自西而东则不雨，今云气虽密不自东而自西，故不成雨。云，明气，西，阴方，阴倡而阳不和，且自二至四，互卦有《兑》，《兑》为西，《乾》为郊，故曰“密云不雨，自我西郊”。当时文王囚于羑里，歧周在其西，故称“我西郊”。是小畜之象也。
《彖传》曰：小畜，柔得位而上下应之，曰小畜。健而巽，刚中而志行，乃亨。密云不雨，尚往也；自我西郊，施未行也。
六四者阴柔之正位，即为阳爻之正应。此卦六四为主，上下五阳皆应之，以一柔而畜五刚，故曰“柔得位而上下应之，曰《小畜》”，是所以释卦名也。内爻虽健，外爻居《巽》，是以健而能《巽》，且二与五居内外卦之中，其志能行，故谓之“刚中而志行，乃亨”。刚健者，内卦之象；《巽》者，外卦之象。五阳为一阴所畜，故不成雨，然其前进之气，岂能终已？至上九变为坎水之雨，故曰“密云不雨，尚往也”。此时密云自西而起，是阴先倡而阳不和，不能成雨，故曰“自我西郊，施未行也”。“往”、“行”、“施”三者，皆得阳刚之气，《乾》之象也；“未”者，阴柔之气，《巽》之象也。盖阴之畜阳，以柔克刚，其畜虽小，而牵制殊巨，譬如三寸之键，可以闭厄险之关，一丝之纶，可以掣吞舟之鱼，不可以其小而忽诸。且《巽》为长女，象妇，九三曰“夫妻反目”，上九曰“妇贞厉”，皆以阳受制于阴。历观夏桀以妹喜亡，殷纣以姐己诛，幽王以褒拟灭，一妇为累，祸延宗社，阴之累阳，夫岂在多哉！
以此卦拟国家，六四居辅相之位，仰膺君宠，然秉性阴柔，器识不大，不能任用贤才，惟以巽顺畜阳，以致膏泽不下于民，谓之“密云不雨”。《小畜》之象，国运如此。然以一阴止五阳，毕竟不能持久，至上爻阴极则亢，风变为雨，遂有“既雨既处”之象。若其时犹未至，而强欲施行，不能也，谓之“自我西郊，施未行也”。盖九二之大臣，与九五之尊位，两阳不相应，上九与九五，两阳亦不相比，故意见不和，是气运使然，不复如之何。是以五阳并为一阴所畜，谓之“柔得位而上下应之，曰《小畜》”。凡君子之行事，小人得以扰之，大事之将成，小物得以阻之，皆《小畜》之义也。国家然，即拟之人事，亦无不然。
通观此卦，六四以柔虚孚于九五，专以优柔抑制群阳。初九与六四，阴阳相应，阳为阴所畜，不宜躁动，是以自复于道，潜伏下位，故“无咎”而又“吉”也。九二以阳居下体之中，能与初九牵连而复，亦吉道也。九三与六四相比，刚而不中，止于阴而不得进，如车之脱辐，而不可行也。始则相比，而终则相争，则不和如“夫妻反目”，而不安于室也。六四处近君之位，以信实相孚，是能畜君者也，而众阳亦并受其畜；然以一阴敌众阳，因循姑息，势或攻击致伤，于是六四逃避而去，故有“血去惕出”之辞。九五在君位，任用六四，今见六四之去，怜其诚孚，有所赐与，故有“有孚挛如，富以其邻”之辞。至上九之时，处畜之终，六四之一阴已退，《巽》风变为《坎》雨，是为畜道之成也。
《大象》曰：风行天上，小畜，君子以懿文德。
宇宙之间，太阳热气，彭薄郁塞，充满太虚，不能复行，冷气来而填其后，其气之流动，谓之风。此卦风在上而得位，故在下之气，亦受太阳之热，而欲上升，然为上卦之风所畜止，不能复进，谓之“风行天上，《小畜》”。君子见此象，能于潜伏之时，修文学，勉德行，以立身命。“懿”者修饰而示章美之意，容仪之温恭，言辞之和婉，皆德之文饰也。君子言语有章，威仪有度，以风动天下，犹风之鼓动万物，无所远而不居。盖文德之所化，无有穷极也。
【占】　问时运：目下平平，有动作被人牵阻之患。
○　问商业：有外观完美，内多耗失之象。
○　问出行：主有风波之患。
○　问家宅：主小康之家，防有口舌之祸。
○　问战征：虽有雷厉风行之势，而恩泽不孚，只可小捷，难获大胜。
○　问六甲：生女，又防小产。
○　问行人：恐舟行阻风，迟日可归。无咎。
○　问婚姻：主得懿美淑女，吉。
○　问年成：主多风少雨，收成平平。
○　问疾病：主风火之症。小儿吉，大人凶。
初九：复自道，何其咎？吉。
《象传》曰：复自道，其义吉也。
“复自道”者，谓知时之不可进，而自复于道。此爻居《乾》卦之初，是君子隐于下位者也。以阳居阳，位得其正，才力俱强，志欲上行，为六四之正应所畜，故返于本位，而复守其正。虽为彼所畜，而终不失其道，是不降其志，不辱其身，乃吉之道也，故曰“复自道，何其咎？吉”。“何”者，谓不复容疑之辞，叹美初九之能明道义，不吝改过，中途而复也。“何其咎”而后言“吉”者，谓不待其事之吉，而其义自吉也。
【占】　问时运：目下平常，宜退守，无咎。
○　问商业：直稳守旧业，不宜创立新基。
○　问家宅：所谓“士食旧德，农服先畴”，返而求已，不愿夫外，家道自亨。
○　问疾病：宜静心自养，自可复原。
○　问六甲：生男。
○　问行人：即归。
○　问年成：佳。
【例】　某县学务课长，常谈论国事，意气慷慨，以志士自任。顷日怀一书来，告曰：仆近日将面谒贵显，为国家述一意见，请占其成否，如何？筮得《小畜》之《巽》。
断曰：《小畜》之卦，犹利刀切风，腕力虽强，无所见其交也。知足下往告，必不能达其意趣，故不若止。何则？上卦为政府，当维新之际，执兵戎以定乱，其后事务多端，各守职任，断不容下僚妄参末议。且上卦为风，有进退不定之象，足下以刚健之意气，欲达其素志，风主散，散则不成，若强行之，不惟不得面谒贵显，恐为门街巡查所拒，激昂之余，或反受警察之诫谕。至此而悔其事之不成，不若中止，谓之“复自道，何其咎？吉”。
某不信余占，乘气往叩某大臣之门，强请不已，果受其辱，悉女此占。
九二：牵复，吉。
《象传》曰：牵复在中，亦不自失也。
“牵复”者，谓与初九牵连而复也。此爻亦秉《乾》体，具阳刚之性，上进而为六四所止。然以阳居阴，位不得正，故欲进而有障；见初九之复，亦即牵连而复本位，故曰“牵复”。盖以刚中从容之德，自审进退，不失其宜，是以吉也。《象传》曰，“牵复在中，亦不自失也”，谓其有中正之德，能适进退出处之宜，自不失其节操也。“亦”字，承初爻《象传》而言。
【占】　问时运：因人成事，自得获利。大吉。
○　问商业：宜创立公同社业，或旧业重振，皆得吉也。
○　问家宅：主兄弟和睦，恢复先业，必致家道兴隆，大吉之象。
○　问疾病：必主夙疾复发，小心调治，无妨。
○　问行人：即日偕伴同归。
○　问战征：主连日得胜。
○　问六甲：生女。
○　问年成：丰收。
【例】　余有熟知商人某氏，以某局有购旧罗纱之命，乃至横滨外国商馆，先取样品进呈某局。时适有他商二名，亦进呈样品，某局员以某氏所进为良品，以他二名所进为劣等。二商人愤愤不平，来告曰，同一物品，而局员妄以一心之爱憎，漫评货品之高低，其中不无贿嘱，余将告发于长宫，请占前途得失。筮得《小畜》之《家人》。
断曰：此卦君子为小人所止，有屈而不伸之象。今二爻与五爻，虽同秉阳刚，本非正应，恐告于长官，未必能达，以止为可。夫商人贩旧货物，同业相妒，亦事之常。在该局员妄评货品，与之争论究亦无益，足下即使议论得直，物未必得售，不如中止。劝二商牵连而归复其本业，谓之“牵复在中，亦不自失也”。“不自失”者，谓思后日之利益，忍而归也。
【例】　明治二十四年，邮船会社汽船东京九，值朝雾昏迷，误搁房州洋之浅洲，以军舰并他汽船，极力牵引，毫不能动。或来请占是船之利害，筮得《小畜》之《家人》。
断曰：依此占，今东京九，已得他汽船引出，其船体无所损，可安全而还也。《象传》曰“不自失也”者，即无所损之谓也。
后果如此占。
九三：舆说辐，夫妻反目。
《象传》曰：夫妻反目，不能正室也。
“舆”者，人所乘以行远也；“辐”者，轮中之直木，或作輹；“说”者，脱也。“夫妻反目”者，谓妻瞋目而视夫，夫亦瞋目而视妻，故曰“反目”。此爻以阳居阳，刚而不中，才强而志刚，其性躁妄而不能自守，先众阳而锐进，为六四所止，故比之车之运行，脱辐而不能进，曰“舆说輹”。九三之阳，比六四之阴，有夫妻之象，但夫为妻所制，阴阳不和，致夫妻不睦，则其妻之不顺不敬，固不俟论，其夫亦不为无罪也。何则？夫之素行，苟能庄重笃实，闺门之内，相敬如宾，夫何反目之有？反目之来，实由于夫之素行有缺：始则溺于私爱，继则疏于自防，终则为妻所制。阴柔渐长，而阳刚无权，此家之所以不齐也，故《象传》曰，“不能正室也”。盖妻正位夫内，夫正位夫外，今以妻制夫，出而在外，是闺门之不正也。九三至九五，互卦为《离》为目，巽为多白眼，皆反目之象。
【占】　问时运：阴盛阳衰，内外不安，最宜慎守。
○　问商业：有积货，急宜脱售，凡众所争售者，切勿售，众所不售者，急进售之。此谓反其道而行之，得利。
○　问家业：阴阳颠倒，家室不和。
○　问疾病：防医士不察，以寒作热，以虚作实，药不对症，是阴阳相反也。宜急别看良医，病必脱体，吉。
○　问战征：军心不和，防有辙乱旗靡，倒戈相向之虑。
○　问行人：即日可返。
○　问出行：恐中途有险。
○　问六甲：生男，主有目疾。
○　问年成：不佳。
○　问婚姻：不利。
【例】　明治六年，岩仓有大臣及木户大久保、伊藤山口诸君，奉命使欧美各邦。当派遣之初，使臣不得与各邦擅订条约。在朝者，为三条太政副岛后藤、板垣大隈、江藤大木诸君，使臣未归之先，不得创议新政。后因海军省所辖云扬舰，测量朝鲜仁川海岸，彼国炮击我舰，庙议将发问罪之师，欧美派遣诸君，亦遽相继归朝，共参朝议，遂分为征韩非征韩二派。某贵显来，请占朝议归结，筮得《小畜》之《中孚》。
断曰：此卦下卦三阳，欲牵连而进，为六四一阴所止，而不能进，乃以大为小所畜，故名曰《小畜》。下卦三阳，有锐进之性，在主征韩者，谓我国三百年来，以锁国为国是，故致文化后于欧美各邦，今模仿欧美之进化，非力图进取，恐难独立于东洋，其奋激锐进，殆有不可遏之势。在主非征韩者，目击欧美之文化，与夫陆海军之全备，专划远大之策，戒轻举之生事，辩征韩之不可，大反其议。盖谓征韩之举，虽一旦遂志，在朝鲜人，或逃赴清国，与清国政府谋恢复，或脱走于俄，乞俄国之救援。又清俄两政府，受朝鲜再兴之依赖，不无责问我政府之由；至英、法、德各邦坐视我东洋有事，亦将藉生口实，皆可预料也。此番出使诸臣，归而作是议者，洵有见而言之。后朝旨一从罢征之议，主征韩者愠其言之不用，群相辞职，谓之“与说辐”也。征韩非征韩二派，至相仇视，恰如夫妻不睦，谓之“夫妻反目”。
后果主征韩者，悉辞其职。
六四：有孚。血去惕出，无咎。
《象传》曰：有孚惕出，上合志也。
“血”者，恤也，恤字古文作血。曰恤，曰“惕”，皆忧惧之甚也。“血去”者，远伤害也，“惕出”者，免危惧也，皆所以解脱忧患。此爻成卦之主，以一阴之微弱，止五阳之刚强，盖畜得其时，又得其位，故能畜止众阳。自全卦言，为以小人畜君子；以一爻言，为以孤柔敌群刚。五为君位，四与五相比，是以臣而畜君者也。始如不足，终乃有济，有因人之功，无偾事之失。但在下三阳，为柔所制，欲锐进以害柔，亦势所不免；惟六四明而中虚，能以《中孚》感君，君臣契合，以至诚相畜，故五阳亦终服六四之制。非其力能止之，实本孚信有以感之也。且六四不以获君为荣，转以位高为惕，退避三阳，而不妨贤路，如六四者诚辅相之贤者也，谓之“有孚，血去惕出，无咎”。《象传》曰“上合志也”者，以六四之大臣，比于九五之君，尽心谋国，上下交孚；又以九五之君，爱庇六四之臣，恩遇优渥，始终无间，故曰“上合志也”。
【占】　问时运：目下不免忧虑，切忌与人争斗，防有损伤。宜出门远避，斯无咎也。
○　问仕途：必得上官契合，即有升迁，大吉。
○　问战征：利于出军进攻，可以获胜。
○　问家业：姬妾仆从，御之宜得其道，否则防反受其制。
○　问行商：利西北，不利东南。
○　问疾病：是寒里热之症，治之宜宽解，不宜燥烈药品。
○　问谋事：有得邻里相助之力。
○　占行人：恐中途遇险，宜微服潜行，忍而避难。
○　占六甲：此胎生女。后胎可连举五男。
【例】　明治五年，占某贵显气运，筮得《小畜》之《中孚》。
断曰：此卦六四一阴，在九五之下，奉戴君德，制伏上下四阳之锐进。一阴之势力本孤，惟以真诚相孚，能使群阳受畜。然阳亢则变生，不无可虑。曰“血去惕出”，其虑患也深矣，故“无咎”。因呈此占于贵显，贵显惟首肯而已。
后闻某贵显驾过赤坂，果罹暴徒之难，被轻伤。“血去惕出”之占，可谓先示其兆也已。
九五：有孚挛如，富以其邻。
《象传》曰：有孚挛如，不独富也。
“挛”与孪通，“挛如”者，相连之意。“富以其邻”者，邻指六四，谓九五之君，能信任六四，与之合志而畜乾。六四之臣，积诚以格其君，九五之君，推诚以待其下，上下相孚，而畜道成。九五之富，皆六四之功也。此爻中正，以阳居尊位，而密比六四之宰相，惟其有孚，则群阳亦牵连以相从也。九五居尊，所谓贵为天子，富有四海，与上爻、四爻同居巽体，并力畜乾，以御众阳锐进之锋，方张之势。曰“富以其邻”，是以四爻为邻也。然九五之君，当以大赉天下，泽被群生，若第挛如六四之宰相，其富厚之泽，未免偏而不公，故曰“有孚挛如，富以其邻”。指臣位而称邻者，可见君德之不满。又爻辞不系吉凶者，亦以君德之未美也。《象传》曰“不独富也”者，以爻辞“以”字读为助之义也。
此卦初九、九二二爻，虽复道，不过独善其身；九三与六四为敌，遂至反目；独九五终始信任六四，以共天下之富，是《小畜》之所以亨也。
【占】　问商业：有百货辐辏，群商悦服之象，大利也。
○　问时运：一生气运亨通，无往不利。
○　问仕途：主连得升迁，禄位双全。
○　问家业：主累代忠厚，惠及邻里，不独富有，且得贵显。
○　问战征：主军士同心，有国境日辟之象。
○　问六甲：有孪生之象。
○　问疾病：主麻痹不仁，手足挛拘之症。
○　问失物：宜从邻近寻觅，自得。
○　问出行：宜结伴而行，不宜独往。
【例】　明治四年三月，友人冈田平藏氏来曰：余今将创一业，请占其成否。筮得《小畜》之《大畜》。
断曰：此卦有畜积货财之象，定可得商利之满足也。但必得一信实伙友，以主其事，获利之后，当分肥及之，庶几相与有成也。
后果如此占。
上九：既雨既处，尚德载。妇贞厉，月几望，君子征凶。
《象传》曰：既雨既处，德积载也。君子征凶，有所疑也。
“既”者，事之既成也。“既雨”者，此爻外卦变《坎》，前之“密云不雨”者，今则既雨矣。“既处”者，止也，谓阴阳相和，各得其所。阴之畜阳，不和则不能止，既和而止之，畜道成也。“尚德载”者，尚即《论语》“好仁者无以尚之”之谓，美六四之孚信充实，众阳感孚，明《小畜》全卦之成功也。九五、上九，同属《巽》体，知《乾》难畜，故积德而共载之。“望”者，满月也，“月几望”者，喻阴德之盛。此爻以阳居阴，《小畜》之终，畜道已成之时也。《彖辞》曰“亨”，即指上爻而言。盖此卦一阴，以巽顺为性，顺者妾妇之道，且巽为长女，象妇，故以妇为喻。六四阴象为女，九五信任不疑，六四之威权已重，恰如月之几望，满盈而敌九五之尊。“妇贞厉”之贞，谓以阴制阳，即以妇止夫。妇宜贞固自守，若以此道为常则厉，当此时虽有贤人君子，不能复如之何，故曰“君子征凶”。且阴之既胜，固无可为之道，方其将盛未盛之间，君子所最宜警戒。此爻“月几望”、“凶”者，阴之疑阳也；《归妹》之六五，“月几望，吉”者，阴之应阳也；《中孚》之六四，“月几望，无咎”者，阴之从阳也。“妇贞厉”者，以理言之，戒小人也；“月几望”二句，以势言之，戒君子也。《象传》曰“有所疑也”者，盖以阴敌阳则必消，犹言小人抗君子则有害，君子安得不疑之？一说，疑者碍也，谓于道义有所碍塞，义亦通。雨与月皆有《坎》象，此爻外卦变为《坎》，故有此辞也。
【占】　问时运：有昔时希望不遂，今得如顺之意。
○　问家业：有前困后亨之象。
○　问营商：宜得利则止，若贪得无厌，终恐盈满致凶。
○　问战征：既得战胜，宜即罢军，若复进攻，不利主帅。
○　问年成：旱，不为灾。
○　问六甲：生女。
○　问行人：即归。
○　问出行：不利。
【例】　明治二十二年某月，某贵显来访谈时事，请试占政党首领某氏之气运，筮得《小畜》之《需》。应其请而讲《小畜》全卦之义。
断曰：此卦上爻。《乾》天，天气上升，有云随之，被风吹散，不得为雨，谓之“密云不雨”。以风之小，止天之大，故名此卦曰《小畜》。以国家拟之，四爻一阴，得时得位，上下五阳，牵连应之。阳大阴小，以一阴止五阳，是小畜之义也，故曰“柔得位而上下应之，曰《小畜》”。
此占为政党首领所关，其所从来者久矣，请推其原而说之。
明治之始，某缙绅为众所推，奉励令为相，奉侍九五之君，尽见信任，一时群僚皆受其畜，诚千载一时之会也。就《小畜》之卦言之，以某贵显当六四之位，下卦三阳，牵连被畜，虽众阳有健行之性，欲进而谋事，六四虑其躁动，悉被抑止，独以孚信感君，巽顺行权，谓之“健而巽，刚中而志行”也。明治元年三月，虽有万机之敕命，究未施行，谓之“密云不雨”。

Judgment
Legge: Passive Restraint brings about progress and success. We see dense clouds, but no rain coming from our western borders.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The Taming Power of the Small has success. Dense clouds, no rain from our western region.
Blofeld: The Lesser Nourisher. Success! Dense clouds giving forth no rain approach from the western outskirts. [On the whole, this hexagram presages good for us. The wind blowing across the heavens does not have the nourishing virtues of rain, but it refreshes us and makes us feel better. Thus, if things are going reasonably well with us, we may expect an improvement, especially in the future when, presumably, the nourishing rain will fall. However, as lines three and six indicate, if we are in serious trouble, we must not expect much help from the rather mild good fortune that is blowing our way. The conception of something weak or yielding bringing great benefit has been greatly developed by the Taoists who, as though they were familiar with judo, recognize the strength to be found in softness and the dangerous weakness sometimes occasioned by too much strength. The name of this hexagram understood somewhat differently may also be taken to mean that the time is propitious for undertaking additional activity or the care of the young.]
Liu: Taming the Small Powers: success. Thick clouds come from the west. No rain. [This situation symbolizes the preparation which precedes a new development.]
Ritsema/Karcher: Small Accumulating, Growing. Shrouding clouds, not raining. Originating-from my Western suburbs. [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of a variety of seemingly unconnected events and impulses. It

emphasizes that retaining and hoarding these experiences through adapting to them is the adequate way to handle it...]
Shaughnessy: Small Harvest: Receipt; dense clouds do not rain from our western pasture.
Cleary (1): Nurturance by the small is developmental. Dense clouds do not rain, proceeding from one’s own western province.
Cleary (2): At small obstruction, nurturing the small succeeds… (etc.)
Wu: Restraint of the Small indicates pervasiveness. There are dense clouds, but no rain coming from our western countryside.
The Image
Legge: The image of the sky with the wind moving above it forms Passive Restraint. The superior man, in accordance with this, adorns the outward manifestation of his virtue.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The wind drives across heaven: the image of The Taming Power of the Small. Thus the superior man refines the outward aspect of his nature.
Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes wind blowing across the sky. The Superior Man displays his scholarly accomplishments.
Liu: The wind blows across the sky, symbolizing Taming the Small Powers. The superior man improves his ability and virtue.
Ritsema/Karcher: Wind moving above heaven. Small Accumulating. A chun tzu uses highlighting the pattern to actualize-tao. [Actualize-tao: ...ability to follow the course traced by the ongoing process of the cosmos... Linked with acquire, TE: acquiring that which makes a being become what it is meant to be.]
Cleary (1): Wind blowing up in the sky is small nurturance; thus do superior people beautify cultured qualities.
Cleary (2): Wind moving up in the sky, nurturing the small. Thus do leaders beautify cultured qualities.
Wu: The wind blows in the sky above; this is Restraint of the Small. Thus the jun zi refines his splendorous virtue.

COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: In the ninth hexagram the magnetic line takes her proper
place, and all the lines above and below obey her -- hence the name Passive Restraint. The figure is composed of the trigrams of Strength plus Flexibility.
Dynamic lines occupy the central places, and their will is accomplished -- this means progress and success. Dense clouds but no rain depict the advancing dynamic lines, but their source in the west shows that their beneficial influence has yet to be felt.
Legge: The symbolism of the hexagram Passive Restraint is taken from the magnetic line in the fourth place which holds all of the dynamic lines in restraint. This is because the fourth place is properly passive (magnetic), and the response of the other lines is therefore one of submission to her authority. The second sentence of the Judgment indicates the time and place of King Wen whose homeland was the western portion of China in the twelfth century B.C. Rain coming and moistening the ground causes the luxuriant growth of the natural world, and symbolizes the blessings which flow from good government. Therefore from the west, the hereditary territory of the legendary author of the I Ching, come the blessings which might enrich the whole kingdom. Here,
however, they are somehow restrained -- the dense clouds do not yet empty their stores. Ch'eng-tzu, Wang Feng, and other scholars say, in effect: Dense clouds should give rain. That they exist without doing so shows the restraining influence of the hexagram at work. But the dynamic influence of the other lines still continues, and the rain will eventually fall. The wind moves in the sky and then
ceases -- it can restrain for a time, but not indefinitely.
Cleary (1): Being strong, yet acting submissively, the submissiveness subdues the strength, and strength cannot act on its own. The heart grows daily humbler, while the virtue grows daily higher. One can thereby gradually get to the realm of sages. This is why nurturance by the small is developmental.
Cleary (2): When you encounter situations that obstruct you and bog you down, if you do not get resentful or bitter, but just nurture yourself to digest them, you will be successful … Indeed, events and situations that formerly obstructed you can become means of self-development; this is how you succeed …This line (Sic) indicates the value of not grabbing for easy success and the value of long-term results.
Wu: Restraint of the Small means literally small accumulation or small restraint. “Small” is another name for yin. “Small accumulation” or “small restraint” can also mean accumulation or restraint of the yin … When there are clouds, but no rain, it means that something has intervened and prevented the cycle from completion ... The judgment simply means: Many factors can derail a potential success and we should weigh them carefully before making a decision.

Anthony: Our influence is limited by the circumstances… We should avoid ambition to make progress as this exerts a negative pressure on people. It also indicates that we do not yet trust our path of non-action or the power of truth to change the situation…
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Judgment: Power is accumulated by gently withholding its expression. The Superior Man transforms his insights into components of his conscious will. Or: He works on his outer, conscious (as opposed to inner, unconscious), awareness. Or: He lives his beliefs. Wilhelm's translation of the title of this hexagram is The Taming Power of the Small. I have substituted Passive Restraint as a phrase more compatible with contemporary English. The titles rendered by the other translators, in my opinion, do not convey the meaning of the hexagram: Liu's Taming the Small Powers even seems diametrically opposed to it, though it is obvious that the title has multiple meanings. In describing the action of the trigrams in this hexagram, Wilhelm conveys its essential meaning. (From Lectures on the I Ching): The function of wind is to tame creative forces, to accumulate these and to make them visible. It is exceedingly difficult to understand this relationship of forces, because the power used here is not expressed with might, but it is the softest, gentlest, force imaginable. Wind is the least visible of all phenomena, and this invisible wind is now needed to concentrate that which strives upward, the strongest of all phenomena ... The unconscious acts and creates as it must, and we should submit to the surgings of its waves. Only in the peripheral region, in the small free zone of consciousness, can work be taken up each day, and whatever needs refining can be refined. This is not superfluous work. Although this small zone of consciousness and freedom is only a thin rind, its contact with the forces of the unconscious is vigorous ... Hence, that which is seemingly small and insignificant is, after all, the power that succeeds in taming chaos by means of steady work and perseverance. Lines one through four of the ninth hexagram show different forms of restraint during a time of building tension. The dark clouds are accumulating, and we know that eventually the rain will fall and the tension will be released. Rain always symbolizes a union between Heaven and Earth in the I Ching, which in turn means a synthesis of some sort. In the present instance, the synthesis is still building, and although the tension seems to demand action we are counseled to remain still. The magnetic force must hold the overwhelming pressure of the dynamic forces in check.

The fifth line depicts the focal point at which the forces are gathered, and the sixth line shows the restraint necessary to allow the new transformation to stabilize. If we turn the hexagram over we get Cautious Advance, which depicts a different situation in which very careful action is called for. In the present instance however, no action is correct action. Through the activity of divine providence, an abundance of blessing descends on the creatures, but this awakening of the power of providence is dependent on the deeds of created beings, on "awakening from below."
Gershom Scholem – Kabbalah

周易第九卦初九爻详解
初九爻辞
初九。复自道，何其咎？吉。
象曰：复自道，其义吉也。
白话文解释
初九：由原路返回，有什么灾祸？吉利。
《象辞》说：由原路返回，其含义是吉利。

北宋易学家邵雍解
平：得此爻者，宜守旧业，不宜创新。谋事者，须防猜忌疑惑之祸。做官的会闲位复职。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：退守自保，无灾无难。
财运：守稳旧业，不宜创新。
家宅：不求于外，家道自亨。
身体：安静休养，可以复原。

初九变卦
初九爻动变得周易第57卦：巽为风。这个卦是同卦（下巽上巽）相叠，巽为风，两风相重，长风不绝，无孔不入，巽亦为顺、谦逊的态度和行为，可无往不利。

初九爻的哲学含义

从卦象上看，初九属于阳爻居于刚位，得位。但是其具有刚健冒进的特性，
我们知道，运行的每个天体都有自己的运行轨道，如果按自己的运行轨道来行事，就不会有什么差错，就会和谐而又吉祥。占得此卦者，应该明白这样的道
理，如果你想做自己并不擅长的事，或想转行到其他方面，做自己不熟悉的事情，此时最好不要行动。因为对于你来说，最重要的是回归本位。如果发现自己做了不符合本性的、与自己性格不相符的事，或者是从事自己并不擅长的事，所要做的就是回归，回归到“自道”上。
“复自道”便是回到原来的道路上。

初九：“复自道，何其咎？吉。”
此爻以阳居阳，虽有才力，未得信用，与六四之阴相应，见六四专权，难与共事，中途而返者也。

Line-1
Legge: The first line, dynamic, shows its subject returning and pursuing his own course. What mistake should he fall into? There will be good fortune.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Return to the way. How could there be blame in this? Good fortune.
Blofeld: How could returning to this path be blameworthy?
Liu: Return to the correct way. Then how can one be blamed? It is good fortune.
Ritsema/Karcher: Returning originating-from tao. Wherefore one’s fault? Significant.
Shaughnessy: Returning from the way, what could its trouble be? Auspicious.
Cleary (1): Returning by the path – how could that be blameworthy? It bodes well.
Wu: By returning to his own course, how can he be blamed? It will be auspicious.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: He returns and pursues his own path -- it is right there should be good fortune. Wilhelm/Baynes: This is something that bodes well.
Blofeld: This passage assures us of good fortune. Ritsema/Karcher: One's righteousness significant indeed. Cleary (2): It is right that there should be good fortune. Wu: “By returning to his own course” means good fortune.
Legge: Line one is the first line of the trigram of Strength, here occupying its proper place. Therefore, notwithstanding the check of line four, he resumes his movement and will go forward according to his strong nature.

NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: At the outset, the man presses forward. When obstacles are encountered, however, he returns to the state of greater choice. By not forcing his way, he eventually gains his objective.
Wing: In forcing your way, you meet with obstacles. It is best to hold back to a position where you have the choice of advance or retreat. Then you may concern yourself with the true nature of the situation and react accordingly.
Anthony: In taking hold of the problem, we adopt an either-or attitude, to force some sort of conclusion. This impatience springs from desire and our ego’s attempt to dominate the situation. This is doomed to failure. It is best to return to the path of acceptance and modesty.
Cleary (1): Being strong yet remaining humble, concealing one’s light and nurturing it in obscurity, embracing the Tao and keeping settled, not injuring inner reality by outward artificiality, is to be able to return by way of the path. Being able to return by way of the path, though the nurturance is small, one can gain its nourishment, and strong energy grows day by day; not only is it blameless, it brings good fortune. This is the nurturance of being great yet being humble and appearing small.
Cleary (2): In the first yang, accurate knowledge is strong, so obstacles caused by events cannot do any harm, and so one “returns by the path.”
Editor: Legge's commentary here is inconsistent with his own translation of the line. The strong first line wants to forge ahead, but the idea of the figure is passive restraint, and the symbol of that restraint is his correlate fourth line. He accepts her message and returns to virtue by restraining his forward impetus. Wilhelm's
translation expresses this idea as a command to "Return to the way” -- i.e.: "Get back where you belong.” Ritsema/Karcher's rendering of "Returning originatingfrom tao” is perhaps the most powerful image. This line is sometimes received when doubts arise about the Work or our way of processing it: it is telling us to trust our inner knowing. If this is the only changing line, the new hexagram becomes #57, Penetration, with the corresponding advice: “In advancing and retreating, the perseverance of a warrior furthers.” A knowledge of the opinions of others may guide us in our researches as long as we cannot find the truth in ourselves, but such knowledge is as liable to mislead us as to lead us right; the only way to arrive at the recognition and understanding of the truth is the development of the knowledge of self.
F. Hartmann -- Paracelsus: Life and Prophecies
A. Don't get ahead of yourself. Restrain your compulsive need to act. Don't exceed your authority.

B. Image of a return to normalcy.
C. Remain persevering in your conduct of the Work. You know exactly what that is.

周易第九卦九二爻详解
九二爻辞
九二。牵复，吉。
象曰：牵复在中，亦不自失也。
白话文解释
九二：牵引着返回，吉利。
《象辞》说：牵引着返回，吉利，因为九二之爻处于下卦中位，像人操行中正，自然不会有错失。

北宋易学家邵雍解
吉：得此爻者，有人相助，营谋遂意。做官的有升迁之机会。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：因人成事，获利大吉。
财运：创业守成，两皆为宜。
家宅：兄弟和睦，家道兴隆。
身体：旧疾复发，小心调养。

九二变卦
九二爻动变得周易第37卦：风火家人。这个卦是异卦（下离上巽）相叠。离为火；巽为风。火使热气上升，成为风。一切事物皆应以内在为本，然后伸延到外。发生于内，形成于外。喻先治家而后治天下，家道正，天下安乐。

九二爻的哲学含义

从卦象上看，九二这一爻与初九这一爻是相联系的，都是涉及到回归本位的问题。初九是自己意识到而复回本位，九二这一爻则是由于外力或外在的原因，被迫必须要回归本位。比如想出外闯荡，可是父母或家人坚决阻止，这时最好就不要去了。
由此可见，本爻也指携手返回原处，或被强拉硬扯牵引回到原来的位置，吉祥无灾。当你想做某事时，受到劝阻或阻挠，那就放弃吧，回归到本位上，会得到吉祥的。

九二：“牵复，吉。”
此爻亦虽欲进，见初爻既复于道，是以牵连亦复，进退审详，不失其宜，以中正也。

Line-2
Legge: The second line, dynamic, shows its subject, by the attraction of the former line, returning to the proper course. There will be good fortune.
Wilhelm/Baynes: He allows himself to be drawn into returning. Good fortune.
Blofeld: Compelling ourselves to go back brings good fortune.
Liu: One is influenced to return to the correct way. Good fortune.
Ritsema/Karcher: Hauling-along, returning. Significant.
Shaughnessy: A firm return; auspicious.
Cleary (2): Leading back bodes well.
Wu: Returning to his own course through association will be auspicious.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: By the attraction of the first line he returns to his own course and is in the central place: neither will he err in what is due from him.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Being drawn into returning derives from the central position. Also, he does not lose himself. Blofeld: The idea of not getting lost is also implied. Ritsema/Karcher: Truly not originating-from letting-go indeed.
Cleary (2): Leading back into the center and not losing oneself. Wu: The association is central. His position is not compromised.
Legge: The second place is dynamic, and though a magnetic place is not appropriate to him, that place is central. Because of this he restrains himself, does not exceed his authority, and makes common cause with line one.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man does not expose himself needlessly to rebuff by pushing forward when the time is not propitious. He retreats with kindred souls.

Wing: Although you might like to take action, it would be wise to re-evaluate the situation and study the examples of others who have come before you. The time suggests that a retreat leads to good fortune.
Editor: Both lines one and two have a strong urge to advance, but they impose virtuous restraint on this urge and return to their proper places. Sometimes the line can imply not throwing oneself away on an ill-timed venture. By this method the discerning Kabbalist can decide that it is not wise to move against the tide, but wait for the flow to turn and place an impulse in the ebb that will bear fruit when the active phase begins again.
Z.B.S. Halevi -- The Work of the Kabbalist
A. An image of voluntary restraint and a return to harmony (balance).
B. Preserve your integrity by voluntarily retreating from contention.

周易第九卦九三爻详解详解
九三爻辞
九三。舆说辐，夫妻反目。
象曰：夫妻反目，不能正室也。
白话文解释
九三：车子坏了一个轮子。夫妻互相口角。
《象辞》说：夫妻口角，说明不能治理家庭。

北宋易学家邵雍解
凶：得此爻者，荣而见辱，进而见退，或有足目之疾，或夫妻反目，或君臣疏远，或朋友是非，血气损伤。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：阴盛阳衰，内外不安。
财运：逆向操作，可以获利。
家宅：家庭不和，婚姻不利。
身体：阴阳不察，慎择良医。

九三变卦
九三爻动变得周易第61卦：风泽中孚。这个卦是异卦（下兑上巽）相叠。孚本义孵，孵卵出壳的日期非常准确，有信的意义。卦形外实内虚，喻心中诚信，所以称中孚卦。这是立身处世的根本。

九三爻的哲学含义

占得此爻者，一定要注意“脱离”、“反目”这两个词。如果开车，则要检查一下车轮，还要准备好备胎。如果已婚，则要注意可能会夫妻反目失和甚至离异，就像车身与车辐相脱离那样。
《象》曰：“‘夫妻反目’，不能正室也。”
《象》中这段话的意思是说：夫妻不合，是因为丈夫不能正确对待妻室的缘故。遇到这样的情况，就要注意处理好夫妻关系。因为这就像车一样，如果车身与车辐脱离，必然会影响前进，各个方面都会受挫。
象辞说“夫妻反目，不能正室也。”便是指出之所以会发生叛乱，是因为身为人 臣者凌驾于君王之上，不能以臣子自居的缘故。这便是周公刚刚摄政时的政治背景。

九三：“舆说輹，夫妻反目。”
此爻与六四，同居重职，先众阳而锐进，为六四所抑止，志不能行，辞职去官，谓之“舆说輹”。“夫妻反目”者，以九三阳爻为夫，六四阴爻为妇，阳为阴制，犹夫为妻制，愤懑而争，故曰“反目”。

Line-3
Legge: The third line, dynamic, suggests the idea of a carriage, the strap beneath which has been removed, or of a husband and wife looking on each other with averted eyes.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The spokes burst out of the wagon wheels. Man and wife roll their eyes.
Blofeld: The chariot is separated from the spoked wheel. Husband and wife stand glaring at each other.
Liu: The wheels separate from the wagon. Husband and wife are in disharmony.
Ritsema/Karcher: Carting stimulating the spokes. Husband, consort, reversing eyes.
Shaughnessy: The cart throws its axle-strut; the husband and consort cross eyes.
Cleary (2): The wheels are detached from the cart. Husband and wife look away from each other.
Wu: The wooden pieces holding the axle firmly underneath a carriage come off. The husband and wife look at each other with averted eyes.

COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: Line three is like a husband who cannot maintain correctly his relations with his wife. Wilhelm/Baynes: When "man and wife roll their eyes," it is a sign that they cannot keep their house in order. Blofeld: Disorder reigns within the house. Ritsema/Karcher: Not able to correct the home indeed. Cleary (2): They cannot cohabit. Wu: They cannot maintain proper relations.
Legge: Line three, though dynamic and in its proper place, is not in the center and therefore is less able to resist the restraint of the fourth line.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The circumstances favor the weak. Progress is frustrated by external, apparently minor, impediments. The net effectiveness is that of a wheel without spokes.
Wing: The opposition appears minor and advance seems possible. Yet the situation is not in your control. If you insist upon forging ahead confidently you will be defeated by no end of annoyances. This has a most undignified appearance.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Here an attempt is made to press forward forcibly, in the consciousness that the obstructing power is slight… External conditions hinder the advance… We do not yet heed this hint from fate, hence there are annoying arguments like those of a married couple…
Anthony: This symbolizes a thing falling apart, losing its shape, integrity and usefulness. The situation falls apart when we bring controversial matters up, rather than allowing them to arise spontaneously. We rush things when we are afraid that the right time may not occur soon enough. Under the influence of fear we are unable to attain the objectivity we need to find the right solution. “Power lies with the weak.” True power, in dealing with the obstinate power of the ego, or with Fate itself, is in letting go, not taking hold in trying to make points, or engaging in arguments, or striving to overcome the situation. It also lies in reticence, tranquility and detachment.
Cleary-2: In the third yang, one relies on unfertile intellect and so is stymied by obstacles that arise in the course of events: concentration and insight are both damaged.
Editor: Progress is halted due to a polarization of thoughts and feelings: emotion refuses to conform to reason. Psychologically: when our emotions don’t match our rationalizations, progress is impeded. This line often portrays a situation in which logic and affect clash with fated circumstances: emotion rules when reason fails to resolve a seemingly simple dilemma. If this is the only

changing line, hexagram #61, Inner Truth, is evoked, with a corresponding line portraying the effects of inconstancy and lack of will. If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. Mark 3:25
A. Inner turmoil creates disunion and halts advancement.
B. Thoughts and feelings are out of synch with what is happening.
C. An image of impotent frustration which blocks the Work.

周易第九卦九四爻详解详解
六四爻辞
六四。有孚，血去惕出，无咎。
象曰：有孚惕出，上合志也。
白话文解释
六四：捕获了俘虏，战争危险暂时消除了，但仍须保持警惕，才能没有灾难。
《象辞》说：捕获了俘虏，保持着警惕，说明尚能统一意志。

北宋易学家邵雍解
平：得此爻者，心诚者，人情和合，营谋颇遂。做官的会得到上司的提拔，久任者，能转运。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：切忌争斗，出门远避；升迁靠长官提拔。
财运：利西北，不利东南；邻里相助。
家宅：管理得宜，否则受累。
身体：宽解治之，燥烈之药不宜。

六四变卦
六四爻动变得周易第1卦：乾为天。这个卦是同卦（下乾上乾）相叠。象征天，喻龙（德才的君子），又象征纯粹的阳和健，表明兴盛强健。乾卦是根据万物变通的道理，以“元、亨、利、贞”为卦辞，表示吉祥如意，教导人遵守天道的德行。

九四爻的哲学含义

有孚：是指有诚信。血去：就是远离流血事件。惕出：就是不再恐惧。这句爻辞的意思是说：心怀诚信，就能免去伤害，走出恐惧，没有灾难。
占得此爻之人，可能处于某种选择之中，欲要做事。记住，在做事的时候一定要心怀诚信，这样可以避免流血事件，不会有过失。当然，对于一个领导者来说，除了自己心怀诚信，还要保证部下在做事时也对自己讲诚信才行。
《象》曰：“‘有孚惕出’，上合志也。”意思是说，以诚信取人，脱离恐惧，这是和上级的意志相符合的。由此我们可以得出，要与上级的意志相合，正如陶谦与曹操的意志相合，但是，在执行时，他的部下张与陶谦意志不合，结果事情办砸，陷入了麻烦和恐惧之中。
但是从卦象上看，六四以阴爻居于柔位，得位。其做为近君大臣，对九五谦卑顺从，又能诚信地对待下级，劝阻下卦之中冒进之爻回归本位，所以最终能脱离危险，免除了恐惧。

六四：“有争，血去惕出，无咎。”
此爻为全卦之主，以一阴止五阳，独得权势。然阴孤阳众，抑亦可危，惟在六四能以孚信感君，故九五之君，爱识六四，不使群阳得以相犯，故曰“血去惕出，无咎”。

Line-4
Legge: The fourth line, magnetic, shows its subject possessed of sincerity. The danger of bloodshed is thereby averted, and her ground for apprehension dismissed. There will be no mistake.
Wilhelm/Baynes: If you are sincere, blood vanishes and fear gives way. No blame.
Blofeld: Owing to confidence, bloody and terrible deeds are avoided -- no error.
Liu: If you are forthright, bloodshed and fear vanish; no blame.
Ritsema/Karcher: Possessing conformity. Blood departing, awe issuing-forth. Without fault. [Possessing conformity: "Inner and outer are in accord; confidence of the spirits has been captured..."]
Shaughnessy: There is a return; blood departs, warily exiting; there is no trouble.
Cleary (2): If there is truthfulness, blood goes and fear leaves, and there is no fault.
Wu: There is self-confidence. Blood vanishes and vigilance diminishes. There will be no blame.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: The subjects of the lines above agree in aim with her.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The one at the top agrees in attitude. Blofeld: The will of our superiors is identical with our own. Ritsema/Karcher: Uniting purposes above indeed. Cleary (2): There is a consonance of will with on high. Wu: He shares a common goal with the person above.

Legge: Line four, the lone magnetic line surrounded by dynamic lines, might well expect wounds and feel apprehension in trying to restrain the others. But she is in her proper place and is the first line of the trigram of Docile Flexibility. She is said to have sincerity, and the dynamic lines are moved to sympathy and help, and there is no mistake.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man follows the path of righteous flexibility, thereby eliminating anxieties and averting the dangers of bloodshed. He is always mindful of the question: what if you are wrong?
Wing: If you are honest and sincere and influence others with the correct advice, you can avoid existing and terrible dangers. Fear and anxiety will give way only to truth. Then no error will be made.
Editor: Line four gives the symbolism of the hexagram its meaning. It is the passive strength of non-action properly holding all dynamic impetus in check. As the individual takes up the situations and experiences of his life, step by step, from the very beginning, and brings before the bar of his adult consciousness the acts of his ignorant and unconscious former self, he finds himself obliged to take responsibility for certain acts, performed in ignorance, for which at the time he could not take responsibility... As (he) follows through this process of taking responsibility for his former unconsciousness, the actions that were at that earlier time outside of his control, completely autonomous, lost to the personality, are joined to consciousness. Something of himself that has been in possession of the dragon is redeemed, and that amount of the dragon's energy is captured for the individual's own use.
M. E. Harding -- Psychic Energy
A. The courage of your convictions will help you overcome a difficult situation. Sincere devotion to the Work resolves all problems, weathers all storms.

周易第九卦九五爻详解详解
九五爻辞
九五。有孚挛如，富以其邻。
象曰：有孚挛如，不独富也。
白话文解释
九五：捕获俘虏，串连搁缚，这些财物与邻邑同享。
《象辞》说：捕获俘虏，串连捆缚，财物与邻邑同享，并非一人独享。

北宋易学家邵雍解
吉：得此爻者，能得到他人的帮助，百谋称心。做官的会得到上级的赏识，下属的拥戴，德高望重。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：一时亨通，无往不利。
财运：百货聚积，自有大利。
家宅：既富且贵，惠及邻里。
身体：手足麻痹之症。

九五变卦
九五爻动变得周易第26卦：山天大畜。这个卦是异卦（下乾上艮）相叠。乾为天，刚健；艮为山，笃实。畜者积聚，大畜意为大积蓄。为此不畏严重的艰难险阻，努力修身养性以丰富德业。

九五爻的哲学含义

从卦象上看，九五以阳爻居于刚位，是君主之位，持中守正，深得大家的拥护。
九五这句爻辞讲的还是诚信，而且要与大家紧密团结，不可只为自己。这时的诚信要落实在帮助人上。“富以其邻”，就是要让邻居也富起来。
《象》中解释此句云：“有孚挛如，不独富也。”“不独富”也就是要让大家，首先是邻居也富起来。
占得此卦的人，注意在工作或做生意时，不要只考虑自己，也要让别人得到些利益，尤其是要做些帮助亲朋近邻的事情了。要知道，总是想着自己，如果非常富裕，而周围的邻居非常贫困，那么你自己的日子也过不踏实。所以，要注意帮助别人，要注意与身边的人之间相处和谐，并能互惠互利。

九五：“有孚挛如，富以其邻。”
此爻居尊位，与六四之阴，挛系而御《小畜》之世。九五六国，皆曰“有孚”，是以积诚相感，上下交孚也。下卦三爻，同为《乾》体，故曰“挛如”，赏赐之厚，如富人之以财产分赐邻里也。今以某贵显拟之，朝廷录维新之功，恩赐优渥，且政府以数万元，买置其第宅，即是也。

Line-5
Legge: The fifth line, dynamic, shows its subject possessed of sincerity, and drawing others to unite with him. Rich in resources, he employs his neighbors in the same cause with himself.
Wilhelm/Baynes: If you are sincere and loyally attached, you are rich in your neighbor.

Blofeld: Confidence is like a cord to bind the hearts of others. With it we enrich our neighbors.
Liu: If you are sincere you will be enriched by your neighbor.
Ritsema/Karcher: Possessing conformity, binding thus. Affluence: using one's neighbor. [Possessing conformity: "Inner and outer are in accord; confidence of the spirits has been captured..."]
Shaughnessy: Losing sheep at Yi; there is no regret.
Cleary (1): There is truthfulness in companionship; prosperity is shared with the neighbor.
Wu: Association strengthens self-confidence. With wealth, he is capable of reaching out to help his neighbors.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: His sincerity draws others to unite with him -- he does not use only his own rich resources. Wilhelm/Baynes: You will not be alone in your riches. Blofeld: This implies not getting rich on our own. Ritsema/
Karcher: Not solitary affluence indeed. Cleary (2): One does not enjoy blessings alone. Wu: He does not keep wealth for himself.
Legge: Line five occupies the central place and because of his sincerity converts lines four and six into helpful neighbors who offer their energy and resources to accomplish a common purpose.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: Partners reinforce each other through loyalty. The man uses both his own resources and those of his neighbors to further their common cause.
Wing: Through a co-operative and loyal relationship with another, you increase your resources mutually. In this way you can accomplish your aim.
Editor: Psychologically, this images an inner unity -- a gathering of energy to address a worthy task. The key elements are the ego's devotion and ability to muster its forces. The term individuation means a becoming whole and therefore implies the necessity of reconciling the conscious and the unconscious parts of the psyche. In practice the process involves two steps. The first is that of searching out and recognizing all the scattered parts of the psyche and bringing them together; the second is that of amalgamating and

coordinating them, together with the energies that inhere in them, so
that they will make a meaningful whole -- a cosmos, not a chaos.
M.E. Harding -- Psychic Energy
A. Pull yourself together and get to work.
B. Sincerity inspires cooperation.
C. A cooperative alliance.

周易第九卦上九爻详解详解
上九爻辞
上九。既雨既处，尚德载。妇贞厉。月几望，君子征凶。
象曰：既雨既处，德积载也。君子征凶，有所疑也。
白话文解释
上九：久雨新停，还赶得上栽种作物。妇女占得此爻则凶险。夏历某月十四日君子离家出行也有危险。
《象辞》说：久雨新停，未误农时，当能丰登满载。君子离家出行有凶险，因为对充满危险的旅途缺乏了解。

北宋易学家邵雍解
平：得此爻者，会受到小人的骚扰，宜修德养身，不妄进者，则可免灾。妇女占得此爻则凶，君子离家出行有凶险。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：长期梦想，终可如愿。
财运：得利则止，切忌过贪。
家宅：前困后亨。
身体：须防营养过多。

上九变卦
上九爻动变得周易第5卦：水天需。这个卦是异卦（下乾上坎）相叠，下卦是乾，刚健之意；上卦是坎，险陷之意。以刚逢险，宜稳健之妥，不可冒失行动，观时待变，所往一定成功。

上九爻的哲学含义

本爻是小畜积累到最后，盛极而衰。既经降雨，就应当安于现状，不可再贪多无厌，要懂得适可而止的道理。
从卦象上看，上九以阳爻居于阴位，失位，而且不能守持中道，以阴险之德胆大妄为。就像妻子管制丈夫一样，代表着阴很盛。当接近满月时，月亮匹敌太阳;阴盛极时，就与阳抗衡，君子就不得不出走，所以凶。
小蓄这一卦主要是谈要积蓄力量，但是蓄积已经达到极限，蓄积过度丰盛，就将招损。这一爻再以盈满告诫蓄积应当适可而止。
占得此爻者，在夫妻关系上出现了女强男弱的局面。身为女人一定要收敛自己，若是再过于要强，则丈夫有离家出走或离异的可能。

上九：“既雨既处，尚德载。妇贞厉，月几望，君子征凶。”
“既雨既处”者，《小畜》之终，风变雨为水。前之“密云不雨”者，今“既雨”也。明治创业以来，某首领有功于国家，人所皆知，但政令随时更变，惟在积德累仁，励精图治，国家大权，不容旁落，亦不可偏任。明治十四年，请开国会，至今二十三年，有众议院开设之议，谓之“尚德载”也。在大臣谋划国计，未免擅权，以臣制君，犹之以妻制夫，谓之“妇贞厉”。“月几望”者，月满则亏，几望则将近于亏，是即阴阳消长之机。“君子征凶”者，谓当戒其满盈也。

Line-6
Legge: The sixth line, dynamic, shows how the rain has fallen, and the onward progress is stayed; so must we value the full accumulation of the virtue of humble service. But a wife exercising restraint, however firm and correct she may be, is in the position of peril, and like the moon approaching to the full. If the superior man prosecutes his measures in such circumstances, there will be evil.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The rain comes, there is rest. This is due to the lasting effect of character. Perseverance brings the woman into danger. The moon is nearly full. If the superior man persists, misfortune comes.
Blofeld: The rains are falling and a time of rest has come. Virtue continues to increase. At this moment, persistence would bring serious trouble to women. Were the Superior Man to venture forth at the time of the full moon, he would be courting calamity.
Liu: It is raining; one can rest, respected for one's virtues. Continuing to hesitate like a woman brings danger; the moon is almost full. If the superior man sets forth, misfortune.
Ritsema/Karcher: Already rain, already abiding. Honoring actualizing-tao carrying. The wife, Trial: adversity. The moon almost facing. A chun tzu chastising: pitfall. [Actualize-tao: ...ability to follow the course traced by the ongoing process of the cosmos... Linked with acquire, TE: acquiring that which makes a being become what it is meant to be.]
Shaughnessy: Having rained and having stopped, he still gets to ride; for a maiden to determine is auspicious; the moon is almost full; for the gentleman to be upright is inauspicious.
Cleary(1): It has rained and settled. Esteeming virtue, putting the wife on top, though she be chaste there is danger. The moon is almost full; it bodes ill for the superior person to go on an expedition.

Wu: The rain has come and it has brought comfort to people. Those who are virtuous deserve it. The woman is in a difficult situation despite her proper conduct. The moon is almost full. It will be foreboding for the jun zi to be venturesome.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: The power of Passive Restraint has accumulated to the full. If the superior man prosecutes his measures, he will find himself obstructed.
Wilhelm/Baynes: "The rain comes, there is rest." This is the continuously cumulative effect of character. “If the superior man persists, misfortune comes,” for there might be doubts. Blofeld: The first sentence indicates that our stock of virtues is mounting; that about the Superior Man indicates that we may expect trouble. Ritsema/Karcher: Actualizing-tao amassing carrying indeed. Possessing a place to doubt indeed. Cleary (2): It having rained and settled represents full development of inner qualities. It is unlucky for a leader to go on an expedition, as there is some doubt. Wu: Only those who have accumulated virtues deserve good fortune. His action raises doubts about his judgment.
Legge: In line six the idea of the hexagram has run its course. The harmony of nature is restored. The rain falls, and the onward march of the dynamic lines should now stop. But passive restraint that has achieved such a result, if it plume itself on it, will be in the perilous position of the full moon which can now only wane. Let the superior man, when he has attained his end, remain in quiet. Restraint is at its height and the restrained should keep still for a time. The paragraph is metrical, and we have a couplet: Lo! Rain, lo! Rest, the power is full! Good man! Hold hard. Obstructions rule!
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: Bit by bit the man achieves success. This should be valued but not pushed too far. When the moon is full, waning is inevitable. Quiescence is in order.
Wing: You have won the battle. Rest and consolidate your position now and restrain yourself from going after the entire war. Caution: Adversity is on the rise. If you attempt to push ahead, you will meet with misfortune.
Editor: Rain symbolizes the union of Heaven and Earth, and the issue from such union is always a new synthesis of forces. The Judgment describes dense clouds,
but no rain -- an image of tension and its impending resolution. Here that
resolution has taken place -- it is now time to rest and allow the synthesis to stabilize. The image of the wife in peril during a waxing moon suggests that continuing to push forward could result in an uncontrollable emotional release. Rest and relaxation are called for to reduce tension. If this is the only changing line, the new hexagram become number 5, Waiting, reinforcing the idea that

inaction is the proper response now. Sometimes one gets this line when anxiously importuning the oracle: it is telling you to relax and cease striving. Ritsema/Karcher render "Actualize-tao”: Ability to follow the course traced by the ongoing process of the cosmos ... Linked with acquire, TE: acquiring that which makes a being become what it is meant to be. And "Adversity,” (LI) as: Danger, threatening, malevolent demon ... It indicates a spirit or ghost that seeks revenge by inflicting suffering upon the living. Pacifying or exorcizing such a spirit can have a healing effect.” I have always found these definitions extremely useful in interpreting any line in which they appear. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. For six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your God. You shall do no work that day, neither you nor your son nor your daughter nor your servants, men or women, nor your animals nor the stranger who lives with you. For in six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that these hold, but on the seventh day he rested; that is why Yahweh has blessed the Sabbath day and made it sacred.
Exodus 20: 8-11
A. Suggests the completion of a cycle -- rest is now required to allow a
reorganization of forces for a new phase of the Work. Relax, let go -- leave the Work alone for a while.
B. Drop the subject of inquiry.
C. Allow the situation to develop.
June 2, 2001, Rev. 4/23/06, 9/6/10, 12/21/11