Hexagram 59 · ䷺
Dispersion. Success. The king approaches his temple. It furthers to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.
Judgment
Dispersion. Success. The king approaches his temple. It furthers to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.
Image
Wind driving over the water represents Dispersion. The ancient kings offered sacrifice to the Lord and erected temples.
Lines
He rescues him with a strong horse. Good fortune. At the dissolution he hurries to that which supports him. Remorse disappears. He dissolves his self. No remorse. He dissolves his...
Dispersion. Success. The king approaches his temple. It furthers to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.
Dispersion. Success. The king approaches his temple. It furthers to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.
Dispersion means success. The hard comes and does not exhaust itself. The yielding attains the place without and goes upward in accordance with the hard. The king approaches his temple: the king is in the middle. It furthers to cross the great water: riding on wood brings success.
Dispersion means success. The hard comes and is not exhausted; the yielding gains its place outside and goes upward in union with the hard. The king approaches his temple because he stands at the center. Crossing the great river brings merit because one rides on wood.
Wind drives over the water: the image of Dispersion. The ancient kings offered sacrifice to the Lord and erected temples.
Wind driving over the water represents Dispersion. The ancient kings offered sacrifice to the Lord and erected temples.
He rescues him with a strong horse. Good fortune.
He rescues him with a strong horse. Good fortune.
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The good fortune of the rescue at the beginning lies in the yielding.
Good fortune of rescue at beginning lies in the yielding.
At the dissolution he hurries to that which supports him. Remorse disappears.
At the dissolution he hurries to that which supports him. Remorse disappears.
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At the dissolution he hurries to that which supports him: thus he attains his wish.
Hurrying to support at dissolution means attaining his wish.
He dissolves his self. No remorse.
He dissolves his self. No remorse.
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He dissolves his self: his will is directed outward.
Dissolving self means will directed outward.
He dissolves his band. Supreme good fortune. Dispersion leads in turn to accumulation. This is something that ordinary men do not think of.
He dissolves his band. Supreme good fortune. Dispersion leads in turn to accumulation. This ordinary men do not think of.
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He dissolves his band: it becomes brilliant.
Dissolving band means it becomes brilliant.
His loud cries are as dissolving as sweat. Dispersion. The king approaches his temple. No blame.
His loud cries are as dissolving as sweat. Dispersion. The king approaches his temple. No blame.
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The king approaches his temple: he is in the middle.
King approaching temple means he is in the middle.
He dissolves his blood. Departing, keeping at a distance, going out, is without blame.
He dissolves his blood. Departing, keeping at a distance, going out, is without blame.
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His blood departs, his fear goes away: he is far from harm.
Blood departing and fear going away means far from harm.
What does Huan / Dispersion mean in the I Ching?
Dispersion. Success. The king approaches his temple. It furthers to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.
How should I study Hexagram 59 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. He rescues him with a strong horse. Good fortune. At the dissolution he hurries to that which supports him. Remorse disappears. He dissolves his self. No remorse. He dissolves his...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
Dispersion means success. The hard comes and is not exhausted; the yielding gains its place outside and goes upward in union with the hard. The king approaches his temple because he stands at the center. Crossing the gre...
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