I Ching vernacular full translation

Chapter 63 Hexagram (2)
The basic structure of interpreting the hexagram of Zhongfu is that the feminine line is inside and the masculine line is outside; its basic quality is harmony and humility.Human beings have the four virtues of suppleness, vigor, harmony, and humility. If we practice moral education based on this, we can educate the whole country.The hexagram says that "the sacrifice of dolphin fish is still auspicious", that is to say, although the dolphin fish is thin, it shows his sincerity.The hexagram also said: "It is beneficial for wading and crossing the river." Because the lower hexagram of this hexagram is Dui, and Dui is Ze; the upper hexagram is Sunda, and Sunda is wood.Cut wood to make a boat, and sail on the water, so it will be safe and smooth.It's like being honest in one's heart, benefiting people and things, adhering to the right way, and conforming to the laws of heaven, so why be afraid of the turbulent waves in the world. It is said in "Xu Gua Zhuan": "Believe in festivals, so accept them with Zhongfu." Whether it is honesty or not, this is the question of "believing in festivals", so Zhongfu hexagrams are the second after Jie hexagrams.The hexagram here adopts a very vivid way of saying, pointing out that this virtue of honesty can already move little pigs and little fishes, even ignorant little pigs and little fishes, what else in the world cannot be moved?It is a metaphor to show that this kind of honesty can spread all things in the world, and it can be auspicious if it is so natural.Therefore, the hexagram says: "Zhongfu, dolphin and fish are auspicious." The sincerity of the villain, so the hexagrams tell us to be "lizhen" and have the integrity of a gentleman.

"Yuan" said: Zhongfu, soft inside but firm in the middle, speaking of Sunda, Fu is the transformation of the state. "Porpoise auspicious", letter and porpoise also. "Beneficiating across the great river" means riding in a wooden boat, but Zhongfu's "benefiting the chastity" is in response to the sky.

The translation "Zhuan Zhuan" says: Inner honesty, humility and sincerity in the submissive place, and honesty in the outer part of strength, so that those below are happy and those above are docile. Such honesty and integrity can benefit the country.Honesty is enough to touch little pigs and little fishes, so you can get auspiciousness, which means that the virtue of honesty has benefited little pigs and little fishes and everything in the world.It is beneficial to ford the big rivers and rivers because it is as convenient and feasible as crossing the river in a wooden boat at this time, unimpeded.Honesty in the heart is conducive to maintaining integrity, because it corresponds to the righteousness of heaven.

Interpretation of "Zhongfu, the softness inside but the firmness in the middle, and the Xun said, Fu is the state." This paragraph is used to explain the hexagram name "Zhongfu".Soft refers to six-three and six-four, and rigid refers to nine-two and nine-five. Judging from the overall shape of the hexagram, the two yins are in it, as if the middle is empty and sincere.Judging from the upper and lower hexagrams, the two yang lines are exactly located in it, as if there is faith in the truth, hence the name "Zhongfu".Judging from the hexagrams, it is said to be joyful, referring to the lower dui, and Sunda is gentle and obedient, referring to the upper Sunda, the upper is sincere to be gentle and obedient to others, and the lower to have faith is to be happy with the upper, so it symbolizes inner integrity. Then this virtue of honesty can benefit the state.Generally speaking, here are the two factors that make Zhongfu become Zhongfu. The sentence "Xin Ji Pu Yu Ye" is an explanation of the hexagram "Pu Yu Ji". It is difficult to move things like little pigs and fish, but they can be moved with their inner integrity, which shows that the way of honesty has been cultivated. To the extreme, if you can't get auspiciousness like this, it will be a strange thing.With this virtue of inner integrity, you will overcome difficulties and obstacles, and you will be omnipotent, just like crossing a river in a canoe, which is unimpeded, convenient and feasible.That's why it is said that "benefits across the big rivers, it is empty to take a wooden boat".The "Four Seasons" of the Way of Heaven run without any mistakes, just and impartial. Virtue is compatible with each other, so the "Zhuan Zhuan" says "Zhongfu Yilizhen is in accordance with the sky".

"Xiang" says: There is wind on the lake, and Zhongfu.The gentleman uses prison to postpone death.

The translation "Xiang Zhuan" says: The upper hexagram of this hexagram is Xun, and Xun is wind; the lower hexagram is Dui, and Dui is Ze.This is Zhongfu's hexagram.When a gentleman looks at this hexagram, he feels that the weathering of a country puts moral education first, so when deliberating on lawsuits and prisons, he does not lightly place heavy codes.

Interpretation of the Zhongfu hexagram: Dui at the bottom is Ze, and Sunda at the top is wind, so it is said that there is wind on Ze.This is to use the hexagram image to explain the hexagram name "Zhongfu".Ze is the still water, the wind blows on the still water, the feeling is silent, the emptiness is open, the wind feels the water, and it has the image of sincerity and omnipotence, so it is called "Zhongfu".Gentlemen imitated the image of "Zhongfu" and advocated that the virtue of honesty should be widely applied, so as to benefit all things in the world.When used in social and political life, it is necessary to be able to carefully discuss punishment and prison, and to ease the death penalty, which is what "Xiang Zhuan" says "a gentleman uses prison to postpone death".Prudent deliberation on punishment and prison means that before sentencing, full discussion should be carried out in order to find out all suspicious or unconvicted things, and carefully consider the details of the case.The lenient death penalty means that after the death sentence is sentenced, the execution should be suspended, and the evidence that can not die should be found from the crime as much as possible.In this way, after careful consideration of the punishment and prison, the sentence is sentenced or the sentence is still sentenced to execution after a lenient sentence. For the gentleman, it can be regarded as loyalty and sincerity.The virtue of honesty of a gentleman should be done everywhere, including criminals, so that they can be influenced, so they abandon evil and do good.

Ninth day: Yu, Ji.It does not swallow.

"Xiang" said: "On the ninth day of the ninth day of Yuji, the aspirations have not changed."

The ninth day of the translation: If you keep integrity, you can get auspiciousness, but if you don't ask for anything, you will have no peace.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: In the ninth day of the ninth day, if you keep your integrity, you can get auspiciousness, which shows that the desire for nothing else in the ninth day has not changed.

Interpretation In fact, the ninth day of the ninth day was auspicious just because it was in the unused position.Because you want to "don't use it", you have to let nature take its course and don't have the ambition to ask for something else.The ninth day of the first day has a response to June [-]th, but September [-]nd has become an obstacle on the road. The ninth day of the first day is very aware of current affairs and is no longer moved by the June [-]th. An Yu keeps his honesty, so he said: "Yu , auspicious." If there is someone else who intends on June Fourth and responds to it regardless of the obstacles of September [-], then he will "not swallow" and there will be no peace.The hexagram of Zhongfu talks about being honest in heart.This virtue of sincerity should not be waited for or sought outside, so in the Zhongfu hexagram, the six lines in the Zhongfu hexagram are bad if they respond, and good if they don’t.

Ninety-two: Minghe is in the shade, and his son is with him.I have a good jue, and I will share it with you.

"Xiang" said: His son and him are the heart's wish.

Translation Ninety-two: The crane bird chirps in the shade, and its kind echoes with the sound.I have sweet wine, and I would like to share it with you for the sake of pleasure.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: Cranes and birds of the same kind echoed with each other, which shows that this is a sincere wish from the heart.

Interpretation of Jiueryao Ci sounds like a short poem, not only the sentence structure is neat, the couplets rhyme, but also the image is vivid and vivid. In the sentence "Minghe is in the yin, its son is in harmony with it", Minghe is likened to Jiuer, and his son is likened to Jiuwu. In Yin".On the ninety-five places, he also harmonizes with his own virtue of integrity, so it is "his son harmonizes with him".In fact, the meaning of this sentence is the same as the previous sentence. "I" and "Wu" both refer to [-], and "er" refers to [-]. It takes sweet wine to drink and have fun together, and further explains [-] and [-]. Integrity communicates with each other and responds to each other.With this kind of virtue of integrity, there will be good words and deeds, even if you are thousands of miles away, you can respond to them; Of.

Six three: win the enemy, or drum, or strike; or cry, or sing.

"Xiang" said: "Whether drum or stop, the position is not appropriate."

Translation [-]: Being dishonest in heart, setting up the opposite, attacking with drums, retreating exhausted, weeping for fear of the enemy's counterattack, singing for joy because the enemy will not attack.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: suddenly beating drums to attack, and suddenly retreating from exhaustion, this shows that Liusan's position is not appropriate.

Interpretation of Liusan's femininity and yang position, which leads to insincerity and even treating June [-]th as an enemy.Moreover, June [-]rd was very restless, looked down on June [-]th, and seemed restless, so they beat drums to attack and took decisive and blind actions.June Fourth acted uprightly, and with the strength of June Three, it might be difficult to defeat.Therefore, Liu San's rash attack could not be effective, it could only retreat from exhaustion.At the same time, he was afraid of the June Fourth counterattack. Liu San couldn't help crying in fear, but June Fourth was soft and upright and would not harm him. Liu San was free from worries and sang happily.Because of the improper position, his words and deeds, emotions, anger, sorrow, and joy are completely related to external things, and he is not self-sufficient, and he advances and retreats without permanence.In daily life, people like Liu San are dishonest and have too many selfish distractions. They often speculate in many ways, and their words and deeds are impermanent, but in the end it will be futile and waste a lot of energy.Yao Ci vividly portrays the attitude of a person who has no integrity in his heart.

June Fourth: A few months ago, the horse died, no blame.

"Elephant" said: "The horse dies, and it is absolutely superior."

Translation Six Fourth: The moon is close to full but not yet full. A good horse will be unworthy and will not cause harm.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: A good horse lost its match, which shows that June Fourth broke off the relationship with its spouse and followed up to the Ninth Five-Year Plan.

Interpreting June [-]th, the quality of femininity occupies the position of femininity, attaining righteousness, and inheriting it from the ruler of Ninth Five-Year, just like the virtue of meekness ascending to grandeur but not reaching the level of supremacy and fullness, so there is an image of "monthly look". "Yuejiwang" is the best situation for June Fourth. If the status of June Fourth reaches its peak and rivals that of the Ninth Five-Year King, then it will be "full moon", which will cause the unhappiness of the Ninth Five-Year. It is bound to be sanctioned by the Ninth Five-Year Plan.The horse is a metaphor, referring to the ninth day as the match of June Fourth, and the ninth day and June Fourth in the Zhongfu hexagram just form the yin and yang mutual correspondence.We can already see that June Fourth chose the Nineteenth Five-Year Plan as the object of his sincerity from the lines of "Looking at the moon, the horse dies".Since June Fourth has devoted itself to serving the Ninth Five, it cannot be distracted to respond to the ninth day. No wonder June Fourth cut off all ties with the ninth day like a horse out of match.When it is stopped, it will be disrupted by it. Only when it is resolutely let go, will June [-]th be "blameless."The June [-]th line expresses two very important points of view, which are very instructive for today's people: one is to focus on one heart, to be sincere and sincere, whether it is for trivial matters such as handling the relationship between colleagues, or for establishing It is beneficial to have lofty ideals and to strive for such great things unyieldingly; second, the interests of the country are higher than the interests of individuals and small groups.And abandoning the private relationship of the same kind, today is to put the interests of the country and the people first, and abandon the interests of individuals or small groups.

Ninth Five-Year: If there is a fuss, there is no blame.

"Xiang" said: "If there is Fu Congru, the position is right."

Translation Ninth Five: Use the virtue of integrity to tie the hearts of the people of the world, and there will be no harm.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: Use the virtue of integrity to tie the hearts of people all over the world, which shows that the ninety-five positions are right and proper.

Interpretation of the Ninth Five-Year Plan takes the masculine quality to be in the masculine position, being right in the middle, and also the position of the monarch. It is the hexagram master of the Zhongfu hexagram.The Fu of the Ninth Five-Year Plan is different from the Fu of the following lines.Because the lower yao are in the lower position, Fu who is in the lower position only needs to be honest in his heart and not tied to the outside world; the Ninth Five-Year is different. As a noble king, he must be able to spread the virtue of integrity to the world, so that he will be free of blame.It can be seen that if you want to be a king, you must have the virtue of integrity and sincerity and trustworthiness, so that people in the world can communicate with each other with integrity.If you spread the hearts of the world with integrity, the world will respond with integrity, so why do you act like this!

Upper Nine: Han Yin ascends to the sky, chaste and vicious.

"Xiang" said: "Han Yin ascends to the sky, how can it grow?"
Translation No. [-]: The chirping of high-altitude birds resounds through the sky. The sound is far away but lacks solidity. One must stay upright to guard against danger.

"Xiang Zhuan" said: The high-altitude bird's song resounds through the sky, the sound is far away but lacks solidity, how can this sound last for a long time?
Interpreting Shangjiuju Zhongfu hexagram to the extreme, the virtue of honesty has declined in the past, and the opposite hypocrisy has followed, so there is the phenomenon of "Han Yin ascends to the sky".The higher the sound flew, the more ethereal it seemed.What Shangjiu lacks is the sincerity and trustworthiness and the way of honesty, loyalty inwardly, flamboyance outwardly, blindly pursuing that kind of unreal name, only pretentiousness and hypocrisy, such a flashy person will never make a difference.

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