Coming to Meet

Coming to meet. A sudden encounter or influence; be aware of what you let in.

• 初六 · Line 1
  系于金柅，貞吉，有攸往，見凶，羸豕，孚，蹢躅。
  The first SIX, divided, shows how its subject should be kept (like a carriage) tied and fastened to a metal drag, in which case with firm correctness there will be good fortune. (But) if he move in any direction, evil will appear. He will be (like) a lean pig, which is sure to keep jumping about.
  象曰：系于金柅，柔道牽也。
• 九二 · Line 2
  包有魚，无咎，不利賓。
  The second NINE, undivided, shows its subject with a wallet of fish. There will be no error. But it will not be well to let (the subject of the first line) go forward to the guests.
  象曰：包有魚，義不及賓也。
• 九三 · Line 3
  臀无膚，其行次且，厲，无大咎。
  The third NINE, undivided, shows one from whose buttocks the skin has been stripped so that he walks with difficulty. The position is perilous, but there will be no great error.
  象曰：其行次且，行未牽也。
• 九四 · Line 4
  包无魚，起凶。
  The fourth NINE, undivided, shows its subject with his wallet, but no fish in it. This will give rise to evil.
  象曰：无魚之凶，遠民也。
• 九五 · Line 5
  以杞包瓜，含章，有隕自天。
  The fifth NINE, undivided, (shows its subject as) a medlar tree overspreading the gourd (beneath it). If he keep his brilliant qualities concealed, (a good issue) will descend (as) from Heaven.
  象曰：九五含章，中正也。有隕自天，志不舍命也。
• 上九 · Line 6
  姤其角，吝，无咎。
  The sixth NINE, undivided, shows its subject receiving others on his horns. There will be occasion for regret, but there will be no error.
  象曰：姤其角，上窮吝也。