第 54 卦 · 雷泽归妹

归妹卦原文
归妹。征凶，无攸利。

象曰：泽上有雷，归妹。君子以永终知敝。

白话文解释
归妹卦：筮遇此爻，出征凶险。无所利。
《象辞》说：归妹之卦，下卦为兑，兑为泽；上卦为震，震为雷。可见泽上雷鸣，雷鸣水动，用以喻男女心动相爱而成眷属。这是归妹卦的卦象。君子观此卦象，从而在长期的婚姻生活中，体察到婚姻的成功与失败。
《断易天机》解
归妹卦震上兑下，为兑宫归魂卦。占得此卦，天地不交，闭塞不通，有殃有咎，无始无终，所作不顺，百事不利。

北宋易学家邵雍解
违反常理，其道将穷；明察事理，止绝妄念。
得此卦者，困难之时，做事有违常理，灾祸不断。宜明察事理，修身养性，断绝妄念。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：进不以道，难以持久。
财运：货价尚可，结局未必。
家宅：已婚不宜居母家；勿眈情欲。
身体：大限将至。

传统解卦
这个卦是异卦（下兑上震）相叠。震为动、为长男；兑为悦、为少女。以少女从长男，产生爱慕之情，有婚姻之动，有嫁女之象，故称归妹。
大象：震长男在上，兑少女在下，女必归从，归即是出嫁，但少女配长男，非正常组合。
运势：处事有违常理正道，先得其益，但随后祸事百端。
事业：正在进入新的阶段，很快将会出现另一番景象。这时首先必须具备远大眼光，识破利弊和吉凶，有备始能无患。其次是坚守纯正的品德和正确的原则。
经商：开拓新的市场即将成功，在未来的商业活动中必须注意经营的方向和种类，加强与他人合作。
求名：务必以坚定的决心，努力提高自己，为成名立业奠定基础，最可怕是儿女情长影响了自己的前途和事业。
婚恋：顺其自然，不可违背原则，尤其不可强求，宁可晚婚也要选择理想的对象。夫妻经过生活考验，可和谐到老。
决策：对于人生必须坚持公正纯洁的品德，正确对待婚姻和家庭，以幸福美满的家庭为基础，开拓和发展自己的事业。

第五十四卦的哲学含义

归妹卦卦辞，雷泽归妹卦的象征意义

归妹卦，这个卦是异卦相叠。上卦为震，下卦为兑。震为动，为长男；兑为悦，为少女。以少女从长男，产生爱慕之情，有婚姻之动，有嫁女之象，故称归归妹卦位于渐卦之后，《序卦》这样解释道：“进必有所归，故受之以妹。”渐卦是讲进展的，进展到一定时候，就要有个归宿，其含义就可以推广到嫁出女子。《杂卦》中说道：“归妹，女之终也。”就强调了这层意思。古人以女子出嫁为有所归，有如回到家一般。
《象》中这样解释本卦：泽上有雷，归妹，君子以永终知敝。这里指出：归妹卦的卦象是兑（泽）下震（雷）上，兑又代表少女，震又代表长男，为嫁出少女之象；君子应当永远使夫妇和谐，白头偕老，防止夫妇关系被破坏。
归妹卦象征婚嫁，启示的是立家兴业的道理，属于下下卦。《象》中这样来断此卦：求鱼须当向水中，树上求之不顺情，受尽爬揭难随意，劳而无功运平平。

54　高岛易断-雷泽归妹(䷵)
卦体《震》上《兑》下，《震》长男，《兑》少女。凡《彖》之取象男女者，如《咸》之少男少女，如《渐》之长女少男，皆言夫妇，而独于《震》男《兑》女，取象兄妹。按女子先生为姊，后生为妹，诸侯一娶九女，姊嫁则妹媵。孔颖达曰：“少女谓之妹，从姊而行，谓之归。”此卦之所以曰《归妹》也。
归妹：征凶，无攸利。
《归妹》少长非偶，夫妇之不正也。女子以夫为家，在男曰娶，在女曰归，故《渐》曰“女归吉”，《咸》曰“娶女吉”。“征”者，往也，是私奔也，故凶，所谓锁隙相窥，逾墙相从，父母国人皆贱之。女德若此，夫何利焉！故曰“无攸利”，是痛戒而深恶之也。
《彖传》曰：归妹，天地之大义也。天地不交，而万物不兴。归妹，人之终始也。说以动，所归妹也。征凶，位不当也。无攸利，柔乘刚也。
三阳三阴之卦，皆自《乾》《坤》来，变《乾》上画为偶，而成《兑》，变《坤》下画为奇，而成《震》；《兑》女《震》男，卦名《归妹》，《震》《兑》之父母，则为《乾》《坤》，《乾》《坤》即天地也。天地相交而万物蕃兴，男女相交而生育繁昌，是“天地之大义”，即人伦之终始也。《兑》，悦也，《震》，动也，“悦以动”，是以情悦相从也，以此《归妹》，失其正也。“征凶”者，《震》为征，因悦而求进，是献媚工谗，意欲以媵而夺嫡也，故《传》斥之曰“位不当也”。“无攸利”者，以柔悦之性，乘刚动之势，一经得宠，便欲挟制《乾》阳，女权如此，不特不利于一身，必将不利于家国矣。《传》特明揭其不正之由，曰此所归之妹，乃“悦以动”者也。
以此卦拟人事，《归妹》者，女有家，男有室，人事之终始也。天地之道，以阴阳相交，而化生万物，夫妇亦一阴阳也，但女子之嫁也，以礼而聘，以时而归，如《渐》之止而动，故“女归吉”，反之，女悦男动，是私相从也。不待父母之命，媒妁之言，以悦而动，岂得谓《归妹》之正乎？其位以阳居阴，为不当也，故“凶”；且一阴据二阳之上，是“柔乘刚”也，故“无攸利”。《传》之一一垂诫，盖深警色升爱选，艳妻煽乱。妇德一乖，而家道因之而亏，此即人事之变也。牝鸡司晨，其祸盖有不可胜言者矣！
以此卦拟国家，妇之从夫，犹臣之从君，夫妇君臣，本人伦之大节，亦即“天地之大义”也。臣之容悦得位者，巧言令色，一以谄媚为工，极其奸谋所出，必将结援宫帏，联合阉寺，以作声势：且于佞媚之中，寓以箝制之用，一旦威权在握，几将藐视王灵，不复愿天位之有在，卒之凶祸来临，势败身亡。此女子小人，自古难养，圣人所以痛切而垂警也。《归妹》《彖》辞，首揭“征凶，无攸利”五字，即此旨焉。《传》复进之曰，“悦以动，所归妹也”，盖谓《归妹》者人伦之常，“悦以动”，为《归妹》之变，其所以“征凶”而“无攸利”者，皆自“悦以动”阶之厉也。天下之事悦而动，未有能正者，女子与小人，其凶一也，有国家者，最宜凛凛焉。”
通观此卦，《归妹》，少女也，少女无知，故称妹；情欲相感，见可悦而昏，动不以礼，是为《归妹》。姊未嫁而妹先归，紊其序也；躬居媵而思夺嫡，越其分也。妇德若此，凶莫大焉，夫何利乎？六爻柔上刚下，内外倒置：二四以阳居阴，男以不正而从女；三五以阴居阳，女以不正而从夫；上卦六五乘九四，下卦六三乘九二，夫屈于妇，妇制其夫；阴反居上，阳降居初，皆失其渐。故《渐》六爻多吉，至上愈吉，《归妹》初爻独吉，至上则“无攸利”矣。是以君子贵《艮》渐而戒轻悦也。
《大象》曰：泽上有雷，归妹，君子以永终知敝。
此卦反《渐》，上卦为雷，下卦为泽，雷动则泽水为之摇漾。以阴感阳，犹女子之挑而可动也，失身败德，不谨其始，安能保其“永终”乎？君子见此象，知悦牵于私，动失其正，始既不善，敝即在后。欲防之于未然，故宜“永终”以“知敝”，斯不以妾为妻，不以贱妨贵。嫡庶正而名分严，足以维大义之不敝也。
【占】　问时运：一时发动，恐难持久。
○　问营商：货价升动，卖客喜悦，但恐不能图终。
○　问功名：进不以道，防有后悔。
○　问战征：地雷陡发，足以制胜，恐一胜以后，兵力疲敝，无以保终。
○　问婚姻：徒恋一时情欲之私者，难期百年偕老也。
○　问家宅：地磐有动，已嫁之妇，不宜同居母家。
○　问疾病：“永终”二字，独于占病不利，显见命限已终。
○　问讼事：可以终结。
○　问六甲：生女。

Judgment
Legge: Propriety indicates that action will be evil, and in no wise advantageous.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The Marrying Maiden. Undertakings bring misfortune. Nothing that would further.
Blofeld: The Marriageable Maiden. Advance brings misfortune. No goal (or destination) is now favorable.
Liu: The Marrying Girl. Undertaking leads to misfortune. Nothing benefits.
Ritsema/Karcher: Converting Maidenhood, chastising: pitfall. Without direction: Harvesting. [Without direction: Harvesting: ... In order to take advantage of the situation, do not impose a direction on events.] [This hexagram describes your situation in terms of the changing status of someone who cannot control their circumstances. It emphasizes that finding a real field of activity through accepting this imposition is the adequate way to handle it...]
Shaughnessy: Returning maiden: To be upright is inauspicious; there is no place beneficial.
Cleary (1): Making a young girl marry: To go on will lead to misfortune; no profit is gained.
Cleary (2): Marrying a young girl. To go on an expedition leads to misfortune, with nothing gained.
Wu: Marrying a Maiden indicates that it will be foreboding to make moves. There is nothing to be gained.

The Image
Legge: The waters of a Marsh with Thunder over it form the hexagram of Propriety. The superior man, in accordance with this, having regard to the far-distant end, knows the mischief that may be done at the beginning.
Wilhelm/Baynes: Thunder over the lake: the image of The Marrying Maiden. Thus the superior man understands the transitory in the light of the eternity of the end.
Blofeld: This hexagram symbolizes thunder over a pool. The Superior Man knows that, to achieve an enduring end, he must be aware of his mistakes at the beginning.
Liu: Thunder over the lake symbolizes the Marrying Girl. The superior man knows the cause of error, and persists in his virtue to the end.
Ritsema/Karcher: Above marsh possessing thunder. Converting Maidenhood. A chun tzu uses perpetually completing to know the cracked.
Cleary (1): There is thunder above a lake, making a young girl marry. Thus superior people persist to the end and know what is wrong.
Cleary (2): Thunder over a lake – Marrying a young girl. Developed people consider lasting results and know what is wrong. [The way developed people handle things is that before they take the time to ask how to start something, they first consider lasting results. If they think of lasting results, they know what is wrong with acting prematurely, like marrying an immature girl. If you understand the meaning of this, you can apply it to government and to contemplating mind as well.]
Wu: There is thunder above the marsh; this is Marrying a Maiden. Thus, the jun zi in the pursuit of lasting excellence realizes the flaws and corrects them.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: In the marriage of a young bride the proper relationship between heaven and earth is seen. Nothing could grow or flourish if heaven and earth did not unite. The marriage of a young bride is therefore both the commencement and goal of humanity. But here the desire of pleasure employs movement to attain union. This action will be evil because the lines are in inappropriate places, and the magnetic three and five are mounted on dynamic lines.
Legge: The Chinese phrase for this hexagram might be equivalent to the English "giving in marriage,” but there are some special meanings in this case which must be understood. The Judgment gives a bad auspice because the trigram of the Youngest Daughter is beneath the trigram of the Eldest Son. Since the action of the hexagram begins with the lowest trigram, we have two violations of propriety. First, the marriage is initiated by the woman and her friends. She goes unilaterally to her future home instead of the
bridegroom coming to fetch her. Second, the parties are unequally matched -- there is too

great a disparity in their ages. In addition, all the lines in the hexagram except the top and the bottom are in places inappropriate for them. Some commentators insist that the symbol of the contracting of a marriage in this hexagram sets forth some principles which should obtain in the relation between a ruler and his ministers. The growth of things in nature from the interaction of heaven and earth is analogous to the increase of mankind through the interaction between male and female in marriage. The K'ang-hsi editors reconcile this good auspice with the unfavorable
Judgment by saying: "The interaction of the yin and yang cannot be dispensed with, but we ought to be careful about it in the beginning in order to prevent mischief in the end.” The error here is that the desire for the marriage originated with the lady, and that she is heedless of the disparity in their ages.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Judgment: Propriety means that unilateral action is inappropriate. The Superior Man understands that the Work is guided from within, and that choices which ignore this truth can only retard its progress. (Present actions originate future consequences: pay heed to your choices.)
The traditional name for this hexagram is The Marrying Maiden -- a title which does not convey to modern western readers the subtlety of its symbolism. Blofeld says: "This hexagram is, on the whole, a most unfortunate omen ... We must not suppose that it deals only with marriage. What is said about the maiden symbolizes in some way or other what we may expect for ourselves within the context of our enquiry." The figure is certainly difficult, but "unfortunate" only if its import is resisted or denied: any portrayal of our situation which eliminates illusion (however painful the realization), must be regarded as a positive lesson. Although the Confucian commentary describes this hexagram in terms of selfseeking aspiration, the wretched protagonist of the figure is not invariably culpable, and neither Judgment nor Image imply this. In addition to being at the very bottom of the social pecking order, the maiden is portrayed as half-blind, crippled and a "slave." Although condemned by the commentators for importuning a marriage that would raise her status, a close reading of the lines reveals that only the sixth place suggests possible
impropriety -- the others all contain advice about how one of extremely low status should cope with restricted circumstances. The hexagram therefore can deal with either of two possible conditions: those involving Propriety and those involving Making-do as an adaptation to adversity. In the first instance, it is useful to compare the symbolism here with that of the preceding hexagram of Gradual Progress. There we see the organic progression of the Work allegorized as the proper marriage of a young woman. In this case, Gradual Progress has been turned upside down and the symbolism reversed: this young woman improperly pursues a marriage on her own initiative. Psychologically interpreted, it can be regarded as an image of the ego pushing its own agenda or desire for union.

The ego may move in directions and toward actions that are at variance with the intentions and standards of the Self ... The mature adult needs to recognize eventually his or her relative limitedness vis-à-vis the "Self- field" and the cosmic organism of which s/he is but a cell. We are subject to the ordering and growth intents of the entelechy of the whole.
E. C. Whitmont -- The Alchemy of Healing To recognize our `relative limitedness “vis-à-vis the Self-field” is to renounce our claim to unilateral action. Though the ego ardently desires a marriage with the Self, only the Self can initiate such a union. Chou Tun I, an early Neo-Confucian, makes an observation which illuminates Legge's Image: "The superior man, in accordance with this, having regard to the far-distant end, knows the mischief that may be done at the beginning. The most important things in the world are tendencies. Tendencies may be strong or weak. If a tendency is extremely strong, it cannot be controlled. But it is possible to control it quickly if one realizes that it is strong. To control it requires effort. If one does not realize early enough, it will not be easy to apply effort.” To receive this hexagram without changing lines can be an admonition to examine your motives and actions in the matter at hand. Where are you out of line? If no obvious impropriety is involved, it could also portray an essentially impotent predicament. At such times Ritsema/Karcher's synopsis bears repetition: "This hexagram describes your situation in terms of the changing status of someone who cannot control their circumstances. It emphasizes that finding a real field of activity through accepting this imposition is the adequate way to handle it.”
SUGGESTIONS FOR MEDITATION
Compare Propriety with hexagram number fifty-three, Gradual Progress, then compare them both with hexagram number thirty-one, Initiative. What are the similarities in their ideas? Now look at hexagrams number eleven, seventeen and twentytwo and observe the over-all philosophy which begins to emerge.

周易第五十四卦初九爻详解
初九爻辞
初九。归妹以娣，跛能履，征吉。
象曰：归妹以娣，以恒也。跛能履吉，相承也。
白话文解释
初九：嫁女而将其妹妹一同陪嫁。跛脚而能行走。筮遇此爻，出行吉利。
《象辞》说：嫁女而将其妹妹一同陪嫁，是说姊妹共嫁一夫，这是古代贵族婚嫁的常规。跛脚而能行走，出行吉利，因为跛者获得别人的帮助。

北宋易学家邵雍解
吉：得此爻者，有小德，谋望顺遂。做官的或有政绩。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：因人成事，乏善可陈。
财运：奉命而行，幸可获利。
家宅：偏屋亦吉。
身体：不良于行。

初九变卦

  初九爻动变得周易第40卦：雷水解。这个卦是异卦（下坎上震）相叠。震为雷、为动；坎为水、为险。险在内，动在外。严冬天地闭塞，静极而动。万象更新，冬去春来，一切消除，是为解。

初九爻的哲学含义

归妹卦第一爻，爻辞：初九：归妹以娣，跛能履，征吉。爻辞释义
娣：古时姐姐出嫁以妹妹陪嫁作偏房称为娣。履：前行。
本爻辞的意思是：姐姐出嫁做正室，妹妹出嫁做偏房，共侍一夫。如同跛足之人，虽偏斜不正，但互相协助，依礼而行，前进也可获得吉祥。
从卦象上看，初九位于卦的底端，位置最低，不可被位居于君爻的六五所看重，不是正妻之位。初九又与九二逆比，九二与六五正应，初九若是不愿意做妾，则难以找到心仪的丈夫。其认识到自己的前程渺茫，所以委曲求全嫁为偏房，因为能守规守矩，所以也是吉利的
。
《象》中这样分析本爻：“归妹以娣”，以恒也；跛能履，吉相承也。这里指出：“姐姐出嫁做正室，妹妹出嫁做偏房”，这是婚嫁中的正常情况；“如同跛足之人，虽偏斜不正，但互相协助，依礼而行”，说明能以偏房侧室的地位辅佐和照顾丈夫，也能获得吉祥。
占得此爻者，要明白这样的道理：明知道自己得到的待遇不公正，还是心甘情愿地去接受，持有这种谦卑的态度，可获吉祥。
占得此爻，做事别急于求成，否则就会如同出嫁女子做小妾一样，虽有结果，但并不如意。

初九：归妹以娣。跛能履，征吉。
《象传》曰：归妹以娣，以恒也。跛能履，吉相承也。
六爻以五为尊，是正嫡也，其他皆为娣，初爻在最下之位，故曰“归妹以娣”。娣承嫡妻之命，不能专制，犹跛足之不能行，惟守为娣之分，行承顺之道而已，故曰“跛能履”；《震》为足，《兑》为毁折，有跛之象。九居初，为当位，是能安于娣而在下，行不先人，知其无陨越也，故曰“征吉”。就全卦论，以悦而动，女子感情悦之私，故其征也凶；就一爻论，以刚居刚，女子有贤正之德，故其征也，吉。《象传》以“恒也”释之，谓妹而为娣，礼之恒也；以“相承”释之，谓百事承顺，是以吉也。
【占】　问时运：运途低微，祇可依人成事而已。
○　问营商：不能自主，听命而行，幸得获利，吉。
○　问功名：偏裨之位。
○　问战征：非主帅也，能以偏帅制胜，吉。
○　问家宅：此屋必是廊庑偏屋，吉。
○　问疾病：必是足疾，不良于行，身命无妨。
○　问六甲：生女，防有足疾。
【例】　明治十六年，余游上毛伊香保，得遇藤野正启先生。先生当代鸿儒，夙精《易》理，与余相知最久，兹得相聚客舍，晨夕晤谈，意甚得也。一日先生正襟而言曰：幸为一占仆之气运。筮得《归妹》之《解》。
先生精羲《易》，既得占爻，自能详判，余复何言？然前余为横滨某商，占得此爻，在此人久游欧美各邦，通晓各国事情，归国之后，横滨某商店，遂雇为主管。其人正道，又能勤勉，凡财货之出入，物品之优绌，以及时价之高低，罔不一一计划，其用心之诚笃，有足使人感者。未几商店解雇，一日某来请占，筮得《归妹》之《解》，余为之再三玩索，乃得其解雇之由也。盖娣者从姊而嫁，一切家政，皆当奉命而行，不得自主，譬跛者虽有其足，不能自行也。今某虽尽心从事，未免有专主之嫌，是以有咎。先生今日所占，爻辞正同，乃知先生秉道履中，刚方素著，但于当今世衰道微，所如不合，反若娣之随人，不能自主，先生能卑以自牧，故曰“征吉”，此就爻辞而断也。然余又可虑者，以《归妹》为归魂之卦，至六爻为命终之年，先生固达人也，自初至上，为六年，先生须为注意。先生微笑曰：《易》理精妙，固如是也。后六年，先生果殁。
【例】　某官员来请占气运，筮得《归妹》之《解》。
断曰：初居爻下，娣居人下，爻象卑微，是不能出人头地者也。足下占气运得此爻，知足下依人成事，不能独断独行，譬如娣之从姊而嫁，一以顺承为事，若欲擅自作为，反恐如跛者捷行，必致颠仆；不如随人步趋，斯无陨越矣，故曰“征吉”。

Line-1
Legge: The first line, dynamic, shows the young woman married off in a position ancillary to the real wife. It suggests the idea of a person lame in one leg who yet manages to tramp along. Going forward will be fortunate.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The Marrying Maiden as a concubine. A lame man who is able to tread. Undertakings bring good fortune.
Blofeld: The maiden marries and becomes a concubine. The lame can walk -- to advance brings good fortune. [Some advance is indicated, but not a very splendid one. To become

a concubine is doubtless better than remaining single; to walk with a limp is better than not walking at all – neither is greatly to be desired.]
Liu: The marrying maiden is to be a concubine. A crippled man can walk. Undertaking is good fortune. [Even with limited ability a person will achieve his undertakings by depending on someone influential.]
Ritsema/Karcher: Converting Maidenhood using the junior- sister. Halting enabling treading. Chastising significant.
Shaughnessy: The returning maiden with younger sisters; the lame are able to walk; to be upright is auspicious.
Cleary (1): Marrying off a young girl as a junior wife. The lame can walk. It is good to go on. [The time is not right but her virtue is right, and she does not do anything improper. This represents the ability to maintain rectitude when the time is not right.]
Cleary (2): Marrying a young girl, taking junior wives. The lame can walk. To go on leads to good fortune.
Wu: The marrying of a young woman with her younger sister is like treading with one lame leg. It is auspicious to proceed.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: That she is in a subordinate position is the constant practice in such a case. Even though lame she can render useful service. Wilhelm/Baynes: "The marrying maiden as a concubine,” because that gives duration. "A lame man who is able to tread...,” because they receive each other. Blofeld: What is described in the first sentence was due to her constancy; the second sentence presages mutual support. Ritsema/Karcher: Using persevering indeed. Mutualizing receiving indeed. Cleary (2): The lame can walk to good fortune because of service. Wu: It is auspicious because they have roles to play.
Legge: A feudal prince was said to marry nine ladies at once. The principal of them was the bride who was to be the proper wife, and she was attended by two others, virgins from her father's harem; a cousin and a half-sister, a daughter of her father by another mother of inferior rank. Under line one the young woman of the hexagram appears in the inferior position of this half-sister. But the line is dynamic, indicative of a female of firm virtue. The mean condition and its duties are to be deplored, and give the auspice of lameness; but notwithstanding, the secondary wife will in a measure discharge her service. There will be good fortune. Notwithstanding apparent disadvantages, an able officer may do his ruler good service. "It is the constant practice for such a case" in the Confucian commentary seems to mean that an ancillary wife has no right to the disposition of herself, but must do what she is told. Thus it is that the mean position of the younger sister does not interfere with the service that she can render.

NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: At the outset, the man in a relatively low position enjoys the confidence of the prince. Outwardly, he keeps tactfully behind the official ministers. Although this diminishes his status, he continues to perform valuable services for the state.
Wing: Your position within the situation is low in stature, but you have the good fortune of being taken into the confidence of a superior. If you remain Subordinate, you will assure your security. You can then influence the situation using tact and reserve.
Editor: This line does not lend itself to the usual gender designation employed in this book. Generally speaking, the line should be read as symbolic of any situation in which one is in a subordinate, powerless position. Often it suggests the need for some sort of compromise in the situation at hand. In that game of interaction which the ego plays with the objective psyche, it appears as if the cards were dealt by the unconscious, since it is the unconscious which gives rise to and shapes the strength or weakness of the ego. The ego's responsibility is to do the best that it can with the hand it is dealt.
E.C. Whitmont -- The Symbolic Quest
A. An image of making do with what you have. Get by as best you can. Work.

B. Although in a weak and powerless position, you can still render service to the

周易第五十四卦九二爻详解
九二爻辞
九二。眇能视，利幽人之贞。
象曰：利幽人之贞，未变常也。
白话文解释
九二：眼睛瞎了而能看得见。这是利于囚徒的贞卜。
《象辞》说：这是利于囚徒的贞卜，因为身处囚笼尚不失正道，故能重见光明。

北宋易学家邵雍解
平：得此爻者，不宜进取，守旧者则祸害不生。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：不必幻想，安心修养。
财运：独到之见，暗中得利。
家宅：适合隐居；偏房为宜。
身体：保养眼睛。

九二变卦

  九二爻动变得周易第51卦：震为雷。这个卦是同卦（下震上震）相叠。震为雷，两震相叠，反响巨大，可消除沉闷之气，亨通畅达。平日应居安思危，怀恐惧心理，不敢有所怠慢，遇到突发事变，也能安然自若，谈笑如常。

九二爻的哲学含义

归妹卦第二爻，爻辞：九二：眇能视，利幽人之贞。爻辞释义
眇：原指视力有毛病，这里指睁只眼闭只眼，难得糊涂，有宽容忍让的美德。幽：指幽怨。贞：守正。
从卦象上看，九二以阳爻居刚位，处于卦的中间，虽然心里不甘，但是能坚守中道。正如少女急于求嫁，但是找了一位并不满意的丈夫。虽然心怀幽怨，但是只能睁只眼闭只眼，抱着这种想法固守正道。
《象》中这样解释本爻：“利幽人之贞”，未变常也。这里指出：“这样想有利于心怀幽怨的人坚守正道”，这是因为能遵守恒常的规则。
占得此爻者，在事业上可能遇到不顺，对领导或上级心怀不满，他们的行为令你不屑，但是你是很需要这份工作的，所以应该对领导或上级眼只眼闭只眼，做好自己的工作、完成自己的本份事，拿到自己的工资就可以了。在婚姻方面，可能对另一半心怀不满，但又无法改变现状，这时只好不去管束，尽好自己的本份即可。
九二：眇能视，利幽人之贞。
象曰：利幽人之贞，朱变常也。

九二：眇能视，利幽人之贞。
《象传》曰：利幽人之贞，未变常也。
此爻阳刚得中，亦娣之贤者也。下互《离》，《离》为目，上互《坎》，《坎》为疾，有眇之象。眇一目小也，两目之视正，一目之视偏。妾媵则处于偏者也，不敢正视，故取“眇能视”为喻。二与五正应，二能侧视，得其宠矣，然正未可以宠自恃，故又戒以“利幽人之贞”。“幽人”者，犹云静女也，女子行不逾阈，窥不出户，有幽人之义焉。《象传》曰“未变常也”，谓能守其道，安其分也。幽则至静而不动，贞则至贤而不渝，幽人不以不遇变其道，女子不以失偶改其节，其致一也。
【占】　问时运：运途不正，宜幽贞自守。
○　问营商：以其窥察商情，有独见之明，颇有暗得之利。
○　问功名：以高尚不仕为贵。
○　问战征：能察幽窥微，有料敌如神之妙。
○　问家宅：此宅最宜幽居。
○　问婚姻：此女宜作偏房，若在嫡室，恐反目不和。
○　问讼事：防有幽禁之灾。
○　问六甲：生女。
【例】　华族某访余别墅，时方霖雨，闷闷不乐，会招伊藤潮花，特设宴席，藉以侑酒。潮花见余床上筮竹，问曰：主公好《易》乎？余曰：然。潮花曰：抽生欲卜生命，请为一筮。筮得《归妹》之《震》。
断曰：《归妹》者归魂之卦，今自二爻至上爻为五年，今后五年，子命殆将终乎？上爻之辞曰：“女承筐无实，士刲羊无血”，“女承筐无实”者，谓家计赤贫，筐中无实也；“士刲羊无血”者，尸体之象也。
潮花曰：主公之言诚当，谚云“人生四十不为夭”，今吾已六十，命数亦不短矣。虽死期已迫，家计不可不预谋，由是奋然改革家政，计度产业，以期家室盈丰，得能积有余资，实出自主公所赐也。当时谈笑而去，后至五年六月，潮花竟尔病殁。
【例】　明治三十一年，占台湾总督府气运，筮得《归妹》之《震》。
断曰：卦体下互《离》，《离》为目，目所以视也，曰“眇”，只可偏视而已。“幽人”者，幽闲贞静之人也，谓人能幽闲贞静，必无作乱之事矣，故曰“利幽人之贞”。今占台湾总督府政略，得此爻辞，按台湾新入我版图，一切风俗，难以一时遽《革》，只得另眼相视，在政府总宜以静默镇之，故曰“利幽人之贞”也。

Line-2
Legge: The second line, dynamic, shows her blind of one eye, and yet able to see. There will be advantage in her maintaining the firm correctness of a solitary widow.
Wilhelm/Baynes: A one-eyed man who is able to see. The perseverance of a solitary man furthers.
Blofeld: The one-eyed man can see. Righteous persistence brings advantage to the recluse. [It is not unusual for a one-eyed man to see, more or less, or for a recluse to benefit from persistence in his meditations and devotions; neither of them symbolizes anything at all remarkable.]
Liu: A one-eyed man can see. It benefits the solitary man to keep quiet.
Ritsema/Karcher: Squinting enabling observing. Harvesting: shade people's Trial.
Shaughnessy: The blind are able to see; beneficial for a dark man to determine.

Cleary (1): The one-eyed can see. It is beneficial to be chaste as a hermit.
Wu: It is like looking with one injured eye. It is advantageous to having a recluse’s perseverance.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: She has not changed from the constancy proper to a wife.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The permanent law is not changed. Blofeld: As yet, no change occurs in the ordinary course of events. Ritsema/Karcher: Not-yet transforming the rules indeed. Cleary (2): The benefit of the chastity of a hermit is not changing the norm.
Wu: He has not yet deviated from his course.
Legge: Line two is dynamic in a magnetic place, and her correlate is magnetic in a dynamic place. Both, however, are central in their respective trigrams. With a weak correlate, line two can't do much in the discharge of her duties, but if she thinks only of her husband, like the widow who will die rather than marry again, such devotion will have its
effect and reward. Though blind in one eye, she still manages to see -- devoted loyalty in an officer will compensate for many disadvantages.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: Devoted loyalty on the part of the man will compensate for many weaknesses on the part of his associates as well.
Wing: The situation is disappointing. It is up to you, alone, to carry on the original vision. Such devotion and loyalty will ultimately bring progress.
Editor: The line does not lend itself to the usual gender designations used in this book. Blofeld's Confucian commentary: "As yet, no change occurs in the ordinary course of events” suggests that although we may not perceive or understand what is going on, we still haven't violated the Work. Legge's rendition of "the firm correctness of a solitary
widow” implies virtuous abstinence -- not giving one's energy to any force that would compromise our integrity. It is high time we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is much more needful to teach people the art of seeing. For it is obvious that far too many people are incapable of establishing a connection between the sacred figures and their own psyche: they cannot see to what extent the equivalent images are lying dormant in their own unconscious. In order to facilitate this inner vision we must first clear the way for the faculty of seeing. How this is to be done without psychology, that is, without making contact with the psyche, is, frankly, beyond my comprehension.
Jung -- Psychology and Alchemy
A. The situation has yet to clarify -- go it alone until the way becomes clear.

B. Partial vision is better than none. Remain uncommitted, and do not depart from your accustomed routine.

周易第五十四卦九三爻详解详解
六三爻辞
六三。归妹以须，反归以娣。
象曰：归妹以须，未当也。
白话文解释
六三：嫁女而用其姊陪嫁，随后又与其妹妹返归父母家。
《象辞》说：嫁女而用其姊陪嫁，这件事不妥当。

北宋易学家邵雍解
凶：得此爻者，进退无常，劳役悲苦。做官的有被降职之忧。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：受人抑制，忍耐一时。
财运：眼前无利，可图未来。
家宅：不是正宅；不是正娶。
身体：待时可愈。

六三变卦

  六三爻动变得周易第34卦：雷天大壮。这个卦是异卦（下乾上震）相叠。震为雷；乾为天。乾刚震动。天鸣雷，云雷滚，声势宏大，阳气盛壮，万物生长。刚壮有力故曰壮。大而且壮，故名大壮。四阳壮盛，积极而有所作为，上正下正，标正影直。

九三爻的哲学含义

归妹卦第三爻，爻辞：六三：归妹以须，反归以娣。爻辞释义
须：作等待讲，这里指急欲媚上待嫁而不得嫁时，只好返回等待。
本爻辞的意思是：女子想嫁为正室，一直未找到合适的对象，还在等待，结果误了青春而急于出嫁，以陪嫁女的侧室身份出嫁。
六三以阴爻居于刚位，失位。《象》中这样解释本爻：“归妹以须”，未当也。“女子想嫁为正室，一直未找到合适的对象，还在等待”，这是不正当的。
占得此爻者，可能在生活或事业上找不到合适的位置，这时你不应该继续空等下去，而应该降低标准，这样才能为别人所接受。虽然会觉得委屈，但是总比浪费时间和青春要好。
从另一个角度看，六三也提醒人们，在做事时不要急于求成，有如嫁女一样，本不想做小妾，但是急于出嫁，最后成了偏房小妾。
六三：归妹以须，反归以娣。
象曰：归妹以须，朱当也。

六三：归妹以须，反归以娣。
《象传》曰：归妹以须，未当也。
“须”者，贱女之称。三爻居《兑》之极，为悦之主，“归妹以须”者，以之为须也。三以柔乘刚，务为悦人，故于其始归也，降为之须，虽明知其未当，以故为抑之，不令其工妍献媚，开以妾夺嫡之嫌，所以惩淫逸而正名分者，其旨严矣。迨三能反其悦之为，始得复归娣之位，故曰“反归以娣”。《象传》曰“未当也”，谓阴柔不正，不当位也。《正义》以须为待时也，以三未当其时，则宜有待，故曰“归妹以须”，既及其时，以娣乃行，故曰“反归以娣”。亦通。
【占】　问时运：运途尴尬，受人抑制，是宜忍耐，后可得伸。
○　问营商：货价低落，不能获利，过后可望提升。
○　问功名：所得卑微。
○　问婚姻：必非正娶。
○　问家宅：此屋非正宅，必是廊庑，地位低小。
○　问疾病：待时可愈。
○　问行人：且宜暂待，缓时可归。
○　问讼事：待时可以断结。
○　问六甲：生女。
【例】　某县人携亲友书来，占求官之成否，筮得《归妹》之《大壮》。
断曰：郑云，“须，有才智之称”；《正义》曰，“须，女谓贱妾也”，是有才智而屈居下位者也。今足下占求官，得此爻辞，知足下与某显官有旧，乞为代谋官阶，不料某抑之，不与以相当之位置，而授以微末之官阶，即“归妹以须”之象也。足下宜顺受之，切不可妄意干进，后当必有升迁。“反归以娣”，行有待也。

Line-3
Legge: The third line, magnetic, shows the young woman who was to be married off in a mean position. She returns and accepts an ancillary position.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The Marrying Maiden as a slave. She marries as a concubine.
Blofeld: From being a servant, the marriageable maiden becomes a concubine. [Again, a small advance is made, but nothing very satisfying is won.]
Liu: The marrying girl is to be a maidservant. She marries as a concubine.
Ritsema/Karcher: Converting Maidenhood: using hair-growing. Reversing
Converting: using the junior-sister.
Shaughnessy: The returning maiden with consorts turns around and returns with younger sisters.
Cleary (1): When the bride-to-be seeks, it will be the little sister who is married instead.
Wu: The marrying of the young woman is being put on hold. Instead, her younger sister is married in her place.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: This is shown by the improprieties indicated in the line. Wilhelm/
Baynes: She is not yet in the appropriate place. Blofeld: Her former state is indicated by the unsuitable position of this line. Ritsema/Karcher: Not- yet appropriate indeed.
Cleary (2): The bride-to-be who seeks is not right. Wu: Because her position is improper.
Legge: The third line is magnetic in a dynamic place at the top of the trigram of Frivolity. She is of so mean a character and such a slave of passion that no one will marry her. She returns and accepts the position of a concubine.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: It is preferable to be a concubine rather than a slave. The inferior person enters into situations incompatible with self-esteem, in pursuit of joys that cannot be attained legitimately.
Wing: To attain your desires, it will be necessary for you to compromise your Self.

Editor: There are at least two interpretations of this line: one portrays moving from an abject position (slavery) to accept a correct, albeit still subservient role. On the other hand, the line can suggest an attempt at a union or synthesis which is unstable or premature: The imbalances within the situation cause its dynamics to be re-adjusted at a lower level than desired. An inherent instability cannot be maintained no matter how much we want it to be otherwise. Those who do not seek release from the bondage of the instinctive drives by the road of inner development remain the slaves of their own passionate desirousness or suffer the sterility resulting from its ruthless repression. In any time of crisis these persons have no power to curb their own barbaric reactions.
M.E. Harding -- Psychic Energy slave.

A. An image of modestly improving one's position -- better a servant than a
B. "You can't always get what you want” – accept the best alternative.
C. Don't compromise yourself.

周易第五十四卦九四爻详解详解
九四爻辞
九四。归妹愆期，迟归有时。
象曰：愆期之志，有待而行也。
白话文解释
九四：出嫁时超过了婚龄，迟迟不嫁是因为有所等待。
《象辞》说：超龄而不嫁，因为她决意找到合意的郎君。

北宋易学家邵雍解
平：得此爻者，不是佳期，须待时运。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：行运有时，不宜躁进。
财运：待时而动，自可获利。
家宅：暂勿迁居；须待时日。
身体：安心静养。

九四变卦

  九四爻动变得周易第19卦：地泽临。这个卦是异卦（下兑上坤）相叠。坤为地，兑为泽，地高于泽，泽容于地。喻君主亲临天下，治国安邦，上下融洽。

九四爻的哲学含义

归妹卦第四爻，爻辞：九四：归妹愆期，迟归有时。爻辞释义
愆期：延误日期，这里指当嫁却不急于草率成亲。
本爻辞的意思是：待嫁少女延迟出嫁的日期，静等好的时机。
从卦象上看，九四以阳爻居阴位，紧临六五，属于近君大臣之位，这里指出身高贵的女人，而且德才兼备，其不愿意草率嫁人，而是在等待好的时机。
《象》中这样解释本爻：愆期之志，有待而行也。这里指出：错过出嫁的时机，是为等待更好的时机到来。
占得此爻者，虽然到了婚嫁的年龄，可是你却为找到一位合适的配偶而迟迟未婚。只要你再等一等，中意的人就会出现了。
占得此爻者，在做事上，不要急于求成，这样虽然可能会延误时机，但是却会得到更圆满的结果。
九四：归妹愆期，迟归有时。
象曰：愆期之志，有待而行也。

九四：归妹愆期，迟归有时。
《象传》曰：愆期之志，有待而行也。
九四以阳居阴，为动之主，动则急欲于归，但《兑》为少女，故曰“妹”，未可先姊而行也，是宜待年于闺，故曰“归妹愆期”。年及而归，未为迟也，故曰“迟归有时”。《诗·江汜》之篇，序谓媵有待年于国，而嫡不与之偕行，其后嫡悔而迎之，亦终归矣，即可作此爻之注脚也。三爻主悦，求贵而得贱；四爻主动，求速而反迟，皆深戒“悦以动”之必凶也。告之以迟归有待，所以遏其躁动之志，使知待时而行之为得也。
【占】　问时运；须知顺时而动，行运有时，躁进无益。
○　问战征：最宜审时度势，无取躁急轻进，致损兵力。
○　问营商：待时得价，自可获利。
○　问功名：躁进必败。
○　问婚姻：待年而归。
○　问家宅：宅运未来，未可迁居。
○　问行人：一时不归。
○　问讼事：宜缓，可了。
○　问失物：迟久可得。
○　问六甲：生男。
【例】　某商人来，请占买卖之机会，筮得《归妹》之《临》。
断曰：女子待时而嫁，犹货之待价而贾也。“愆期”者，谓期限已过，“迟归”者，谓迟久可售也。足下占买卖之机会，得此爻辞，爻象与占象，辞意适合。“归妹愆期”，由于姊犹未嫁，妹因不得先行，故宜迟归待时，知足下必有前售之货，未曾销脱，故于后置之货，行当迟迟有待。此所行不能不待，所售不能不迟也。迟之要自得利，可无忧焉。

Line-4
Legge: The fourth line, dynamic, shows the young woman who is to be married off protracting the time. She may be late in being married, but the time will come.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The Marrying Maiden draws out the allotted time. A late marriage comes in due course.
Blofeld: The maiden stays unwed beyond the proper time, but the day comes when she makes a late marriage.
Liu: The marrying girl postpones marriage. She will marry later, waiting for the right time.
Ritsema/Karcher: Converting Maidenhood overrunning the term. Procrastinating Converting possesses the season.
Shaughnessy: The returning maiden exceeds the appointed time, and tardily returns having time.
Cleary (1): When it is the wrong time for a girl to marry, she delays the marriage until the proper time.
Wu: The marrying of the young woman is postponed. A later date is anticipated.

COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: After waiting, the thing may be done all the better. Wilhelm/
Baynes: The state of mind that leads to drawing out of the allotted time indicates a desire to wait for something before going. Blofeld: Her firm desire to postpone her marriage indicates that we should wait before taking action. Ritsema/Karcher: Over-running the term's purpose. Possessing awaiting and-also moving indeed. Cleary (2): The purpose of putting off the marriage is to go at the right time. Wu: To wait for the right time.
Legge: Line four is dynamic, where it should be magnetic, but in the case of a female the indication is not bad. The subject of the line, however, is in no haste. She waits, and the good time will come. It is she who puts off the marriage, not the other way around.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The person does not throw her virtue away but waits. Her marriage will be all the better for it.
Wing: You are faced with a situation in which you must now refrain from action in order to await a more propitious time. It may appear that the world is passing you by as you wait, but your reward for maintaining your principles is on its way.
Editor: The line does not lend itself to the usual gender designations used in this book. The image is one of patient postponement, with assurance that the desired consequences will occur in the course of time. Wilhelm's rendition of "allotted time” suggests that fate is involved. In the early community, the man who had learned to bide his time, for either revenge, barter, or any other objective, also had the advantage over the one who was compelled to act when the stimulus arose, without consideration of the consequences. Through having disciplined his own instincts such a man gained power over his more instinctively acting neighbors. The power of the medicine man rested largely on such self-control.
M.E. Harding -- Psychic Energy
A. Be patient -- a union comes in the course of time.
B. Wait and see. Don't commit yourself -- it will all make sense eventually.

周易第五十四卦九五爻详解详解
六五爻辞
六五。帝乙归妹，其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良。月几望，吉。
象曰：帝乙归妹，不如其娣之袂良也。其位在中，以贵行也。
白话文解释
六五：帝乙嫁女于周文王，以其次女陪嫁。论嫁妆姊的不如妹的好。良辰择在某月十四日，吉利。
《象辞》说：帝乙嫁女于周文王，姊的嫁妆不如妹的好。六五之爻居上卦中位，像女嫁夫家处于尊贵之位。

北宋易学家邵雍解
吉：得此爻者，正值好运，或成婚，或得财。做官的会受到重用，身居要职。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：谦虚得福，联袂上进。
财运：后货较优，早售有利。
家宅：喜事临门；二女同归。
身体：半月可愈。

六五变卦

  六五爻动变得周易第58卦：兑为泽。这个卦是同卦（下泽上泽）相叠。泽为水。两泽相连，两水交流，上下相和，团结一致，朋友相助，欢欣喜悦。兑为悦也。同秉刚健之德，外抱柔和之姿，坚行正道，导民向上。

九五爻的哲学含义

归妹卦第五爻，爻辞：六五：帝乙归妹，其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良；月几望，吉。爻辞释义
君：指家君。君夫人：这里指正室夫人。袂：指服饰。几：将近的意思。
望：月圆之日。
本爻辞的意思是：帝乙的妹妹出嫁，其所穿的衣裙还不如陪嫁的侧室的衣裙艳丽华美；月近十五将要圆了，吉祥。
从卦象上看，六五居于卦中的君主之位，帝乙的妹妹身居此位，却不以容饰取悦于人，也不凭着兄长的君主之位而自视甚高。
《象》中这样解释本爻：“帝乙归妹，不如其娣之袂良”也；其位在中，以贵行也。这里指出：“帝乙的妹妹出嫁，其所穿的衣裙还不如陪嫁的侧室的衣裙艳丽华美”，说明虽身居中位，十分尊贵，却能保持勤俭谦虚的美德。
占得此爻者，在婚姻方面，若是找到了满意的归宿，只要不攀附、不比较，而能保持谦卑柔顺的态度，就能美满幸福。若是你是一个女强人，或是比自己的丈夫地位高，更要注意这一点。
六五：帝乙归妹，其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良，月几望，吉。
象曰：帝乙归妹，不如其娣之袂良也。其位在中，以贵行也。

六五：帝乙归妹。其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良。月几望，吉。
《象传》曰：帝乙归妹，不如其娣之袂良也。其位在中，以贵行也。
“帝乙”者，殷纣之父；“君”者，小君之称，谓嫡妻也；“袂”者，袖也，“月”者，太阴之精，以象妇德；“望”者，谓月之圆满，“几”者，近也。五爻居《震》之中，《震》长男，下与二应；二居《兑》，《兑》少女，是兄妹也。所谓“帝乙”，乃为《震》兄，“归妹”者，是以天子之妹，下嫁于诸侯，故爻曰“其君”。《传》曰“以贵行”，即所称君夫人曰小君是也。卦体变《乾》成《兑》，《乾》为衣，故曰“袂”。《史记》“长袖善舞”，女子之态也，是袂足以取悦。月盈于望，八日《兑》见丁，十五《乾》盈甲，《兑》长至十五始盈，《乾》化《兑》；故曰“几望”。《京房易传》载汤嫁妹之词曰：“阴之从阳，女之从夫，天地之义也。往事尔夫，必以礼义。”其训以礼义者，即戒其不可以袂美取悦，亦不可以恃贵而妄动也。六五爻辰在卯，仲春之月，嫁娶男女之礼，故吉。《传》曰“其位在中”，五居《震》中，二居《兑》中，以二嫁五，中与中应，其位悉当；且五爻最贵，故曰“以贵行也”。
【占】　问时运：事事谦抑，不敢自夸，不敢自满，运途得中，是以吉也。
○　问战征：降尊居贱，能得军心；从月夜进兵，出敌不备，可得全胜。
○　问营商：前进货品，不如后进者良，约在望前可售，必得高价。
○　问功名：如有兄弟，同出求名，弟必获隽。
○　问婚姻：当有二女同归，吉。
○　问家宅：宅位居中，当有喜事临门。
○　问行人：望前可归。
○　问疾病：半月可愈。
○　问六甲：生男。
【例】　有友来访，请占某氏赴任吉凶，筮得《归妹》之《兑》。
断曰：“归妹”者，以女从夫，犹士者出而从政也。今足下占友赴任吉凶，而得《归妹》五爻，细玩爻辞，知此友身分必贵，此次赴任．定是小受，如帝女之下嫁也。其才调之良，当必胜于前任，故曰“其君之袂，不如其娣之袂良”也。“月几望”者，喻其设施之均到，政体之光明，有如三五之月也，而又不敢以谄媚取悦，不敢以贵盛自恃。以兹临民，吉可知也。

Line-5
Legge: The fifth line, magnetic, reminds us of the marrying of the younger sister of King Ti-yi, when the sleeves of the princess were not equal to those of the still younger sister who accompanied her in an inferior capacity. The case suggests the thought of the moon almost full. There will be good fortune.

Wilhelm/Baynes: The sovereign I gave his daughter in marriage. The embroidered garments of the princess were not as gorgeous as those of the serving maid. The moon that is nearly full brings good fortune.
Blofeld: The Emperor's second marriageable daughter wore regal garments less splendid that those of her bridesmaid. [The implication is that the princess showed better taste than her maid in not dressing too grandly. We must be on our guard against ostentation.] Close upon the full moon comes good fortune!
Liu: Emperor I gives his daughter in marriage. The embroidered dress of the princess is not as splendid as that of the concubine. The moon is nearly full. Good fortune.
Ritsema/Karcher: The supreme burgeoning Converting Maidenhood. One's chief's sleeves: One's junior-sister's sleeves not thus fine. The moon almost facing, significant.
Shaughnessy: Di Yi marries off the maiden: the primary wife's sleeves are not as fine as her younger sister's sleeves; the day's moon is past full; auspicious.
Cleary (1): The emperor marries off his younger sister; the attire of the empress is not as good as the attire of the young wife. The moon is nearly full. Good fortune.
Cleary (2): ... The attire of the lady is not as good as that of the junior wives. The moon is almost full. This is auspicious.
Wu: Di Yi married off his younger sister. Her dress was not so elaborate as her younger sister’s. The moon was almost full. Auspicious. [This was considered proper, for what was proper was the virtuous union, not the wedding dress.]
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: That her sleeves were not equal to her inferior's shows her noble character, indicated by the central position of the line. Wilhelm/Baynes: The place is in the middle, hence action has value. Blofeld: The first sentence means that, though we may be of only middle rank, we should behave with true nobility. Ritsema/Karcher: One's situation located-in the center. Using valuing movement indeed. Cleary (2): The position is one of balance, behaving in a noble manner. Wu: Her position was central and royal. She had no need for ornamentations.
Legge: The King's sister is here honorably married, suggesting that the adornment she preferred was the "ornament of the hidden man of the heart.” Ch'eng-tzu says: "The moon is not full, but only nearly full. A wife ought not to eclipse her husband.” She is in the place of honor, with a proper correlate in line two.

NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man is reminded that the sister of King I placed herself graciously below her outranked husband and remained free of vanity. The moon that is full does not face the sun.
Wing: When you can overlook your social position and stature and place yourself in the service of another, you will realize good fortune. To accomplish this you must overcome vanity, pride, and any ostentatious behavior. To Subordinate yourself to others, regardless of their position, is now a good thing.
Editor: It is instructive to compare this line with the fifth line of hexagram number eleven, Harmony, which also refers to King Ti-yi's younger sister. A clue to the symbolism comes from the Neo-Confucian classic, The Doctrine of the Mean: The Book of Odes says, "Over her brocaded robe, she wore a plain and simple dress,” for she disliked the loudness of its color and patterns. Thus the way of the superior man is hidden but becomes more prominent every day, whereas the way of the inferior man is conspicuous but gradually disappears. It is characteristic of the superior man to be plain, and yet people do not get tired of him. He is simple and yet rich in cultural adornment. He is amiable and yet systematically methodical. He knows what is distant begins with what is near. He knows where the winds (moral influence) come from. And he knows the subtle will be manifested. Such a man can enter into virtue. We see here a princess-bride who is less attractively arrayed than her bridesmaid, and a waxing moon which has yet to reach full illumination. The context of the line is a
royal marriage -- the hieros gamos or holy marriage of the alchemists which is also described in hexagram number eleven. Psychologically, the image can suggest that during a time when forces are coming together for synthesis, less important elements in the situation may seem more attractive than the true essence. Since the moon isn't full yet, we
haven't seen all of the light -- full comprehension has yet to dawn. Sometimes the line simply boils down to the idea that "things are not what they seem.” It should also be pointed out that the reaching up into the realm of the superconscious and its exploration, while approaching the consciousness of the Self, may sometimes even constitute an obstacle to full Self- realization, to the reaching of the summit where the personal-I awareness blends into awareness of the spiritual Self. One can become so fascinated by the wonders of the superconscious realm, so absorbed in it, so identified with some of its special aspects or manifestations as to lose or paralyze the urge to reach the summit of Selfrealization.
Roberto Assagioli -- Psychosynthesis
A. "You can't see the forest for the trees." The truth is hidden by distracting elements, but in the fullness of time it will be revealed. Seek simplicity.

B. The true goal may seem less attractive than lesser, more seductive elements.
C. The simple solution is the best.

周易第五十四卦上九爻详解详解
上六爻辞
上六。女承筐无实，士刲羊无血，无攸利。
象曰：上六无实，承虚筐也。
白话文解释
上六：献祭之时，新娘捧着盛祭品的筐具，但筐中无物；新郎以刀刺羊，但羊不流血。此不祥之兆，无所利。
《象辞》说：上六之爻居一卦之尽头，孤悬无所依赖，正宜其捧着空空的筐具。

北宋易学家邵雍解
凶：得此爻者，事多不顺，营谋皆空。做官的居虚位而无实禄。

台湾国学大儒傅佩荣解
时运：诸事不顺，小心为宜。
财运：本虚货缺，如何得利。
家宅：须防纷争；婚娶不正。
身体：虚劳失血，不治之象。

上六变卦

  上六爻动变得周易第38卦：火泽睽。这个卦是异卦（下兑上离）相叠。离为火；兑为泽。上火下泽，相违不相济。克则生，往复无空。万物有所不同，必有所异，相互矛盾。睽即矛盾。

上九爻的哲学含义

归妹卦第六爻，爻辞：上六：女承筐，无实，士刦羊，无血。无攸利。爻辞释义
女：指未婚之少女。承：指托着。筐：奁具，用以装载陪嫁物品的器具。
士：指未婚之少男。刦：是“刺”的意思。
本爻辞的意思是：女子的筐篮里空空荡荡没有实物，男子用刀宰羊却不见出血，非常不利。
古代定婚嫁娶仪式上，女方应陪嫁一定的嫁妆，男方则刺杀一只公羊以羊血祭之。在上六这一爻里，女方筐中没有陪嫁，男方刺羊也未放出血，意味着此女不能生儿育女，男方没有血缘继承人，所以“无攸利”。
《象》中这样解释本爻：上六无实，承虚筐也。这里指出：上六空虚无实，好比手持空空的篮筐。
占得此爻者，夫妻关系不和谐，彼此都失去了吸引力，难以有什么结果了。
上六：女承筐无实，士刲羊无血，无攸利。
象曰：上六无实，承虛筐也。

上六：女承筐，无实，士刲羊，无血，无攸利。
《象传》曰：上六无实，承虚筐也。
“士”者，未娶之称，“女”者，未嫁之称。《士婚礼》云，妇入三月而后祭行，上，宗庙爻，故曰祭。三月祭行，而后成妇，未承祭，犹称女也。宗庙之礼，主妇奉筐，即《诗》所咏“于以盛之，维筐及莒”是也。《兑》为羊，少牢馈食，司马刲羊，“刲”杀也，承筐刲羊，皆助祭事也。《易》例阳为实，阴为虚，三四复位，变《坤》为虚，故曰“承筐无实”；四互《坎》，《坎》为血卦，三四复位成《泰》，《坎》象不见。故曰“刲羊无血”。按祭礼，执盎者宗妇，荐豆者夫人，设黍者主妇，未闻有以娣妾从事者，使娣而与祭，是渎伦也，欲以示宠，适以启祸，亦何利焉？“永终知敝”者，可不戒哉！
【占】　问时运：万事不利。
○　问战征：糗粮不备，戈矛不修，以斯从征，必败之道。
○　问营商：资本既虚，货物又匮，奚以获利？
○　问功名：空手求名，其何能得？
○　问婚姻：婚娶不正，维家之索。
○　问家宅：此宅家范不端，防有妾嫡纷争之患。
○　问疾病：是虚劳失血之症，不治之象。
○　问失物：不得。
○　问六甲：生男。
【例】　友人某来曰：近欲与友谋兴一业，就余私计，事既可喜，利亦颇丰，但未审吉凶如何？请为一筮。筮得《归妹》之《兑》。
断曰：卦体《兑》悦《震》动，卦象《兑》女《震》男，悦不以道，故夫妇配合多不利，而凡以资财合业者，亦可推相而知矣。今足下为谋事业，占得此爻，爻辞曰“承筐无实”，“刲羊无血”。筐无实，是囊空也。血流行一身，犹财之流通一国，无血则羊死，无财则业败。士与女为合业之人也，女既无实，士又无血，是财力两空，其何能成业乎？故曰“无攸利”。

Line-6
Legge: The sixth line, magnetic, shows the young lady bearing the basket, but without anything in it, and the gentleman slaughtering the sheep, but without any blood flowing from it. There will be no advantage in any way.
Wilhelm/Baynes: The woman holds the basket, but there are no fruits in it. The man stabs the sheep, but no blood flows. Nothing that acts to further.
Blofeld: A woman holds a basket with nothing inside; a man stabs a sheep without drawing blood. No goal (or destination) is favorable now.
Liu: The woman's basket is empty. The man stabs the sheep, but no blood comes. Nothing beneficial.
Ritsema/Karcher: A woman receiving a basket without substance. A notable disemboweling a goat without blood. Without direction: Harvesting. [Without direction: Harvesting, WU YU LI: no plan or direction is advantageous; in order to take advantage of the situation, do not impose a direction on events.]
Shaughnessy: The woman holds up the basket, there is no fruit, the man stabs the sheep, there is no blood; there is no place beneficial.
Cleary (1): The woman receives a chest, but there is nothing in it. The man sacrifices a goat, but there is no blood. No benefit is gained.
Wu: The woman carries a basket that is bottomless; the man sacrifices a sheep that has no blood. There is nothing to be gained.
COMMENTARY
Confucius/Legge: The basket is empty. Wilhelm/Baynes: The reason that the top line has no fruits is because it holds an empty basket. Blofeld: This top line implies absence of solid worth, hence the symbol of holding an empty basket. Ritsema/
Karcher: Six above, without substance. Receiving an empty basket indeed.
Cleary (2): The top (line) has no fulfillment. This is receiving an empty chest. Wu: The top line does not have anything substantial to offer, because she carries a bottomless basket.
Legge: The sixth line is magnetic at the top of the hexagram, and without a proper correlate, hence the unfortunate auspice. The marriage contract is broken, and union does

not take place. The parties concerned offer sacrifices in the temple, but the woman's basket is empty and the man's effort is fruitless.
Cleary (2): When one does not accumulate virtue in life, then one has no spirit after death and cannot cause one’s descendants to flourish. Developed people, knowing what is wrong by thinking of the lasting results, see this at the outset.
NOTES AND PARAPHRASES
Siu: The man goes through superficial actions, such as offering an empty basket and a pre-slaughtered sheep to the gods, solely to preserve the form. This disregard for content bodes no good for lasting associations.
Wing: Are you just going through the motions? Is there content to the refined manner you present? If you are acting out of adherence to form, don't bother. Nothing will come of it.
Editor: Like everything else in the Book of Changes, this line can symbolize an enormous range of situations. At its most basic level, a union of opposites does not take place. Whether or not blame is involved depends upon the circumstances. Note that blame is not mentioned in the line itself. Sacrifices, charities and penances performed without faith in the Supreme are nonpermanent. O son of Prtha, they are useless both in this life and in the next.
Bhagavad-Gita 17: 28
A. An empty sacrifice, a fruitless offering, wasted effort.
B. A missed connection or fruitless union -- any further striving would be a waste of energy.
C. "Don't cast your pearls before swine."
D. An image of hypocrisy of some sort.
June 30, 2002, 4/25/06