Hexagram 40 · ䷧
Deliverance. It furthers to go southwest. If there is nothing where one is going, returning brings good fortune. If there is still something, speed brings good...
Judgment
Deliverance. It furthers to go southwest. If there is nothing where one is going, returning brings good fortune. If there is still something, speed brings good fortune.
Image
Thunder and rain represent Deliverance. The noble person forgives errors and pardons crimes.
Lines
No blame at the beginning of deliverance. In the field catching three foxes and obtaining a yellow arrow. Perseverance brings good fortune. A porter riding in a carriage invites ro...
Deliverance. It furthers to go southwest. If there is no longer anything where one is going, returning brings good fortune. If there is still something, speed brings good fortune.
Deliverance. It furthers to go southwest. If there is nothing where one is going, returning brings good fortune. If there is still something, speed brings good fortune.
Deliverance means untying. Danger produces movement; through movement one escapes from danger—this is Deliverance. It furthers to go southwest because going brings gain. Returning brings good fortune, because one obtains the middle. If there is still something, speed brings good fortune: going brings success. When heaven and earth deliver themselves, thunder and rain arise. When thunder and rain arise, the seeds of all fruits and plants begin to open. The time of Deliverance is great indeed.
Deliverance means untying. Danger produces movement; movement allows escape from danger. Going southwest brings gain; returning brings good fortune through obtaining the middle. When heaven and earth deliver themselves, thunder and rain arise, opening the seeds of all fruits and plants.
Thunder and rain: the image of Deliverance. The noble person forgives errors and pardons crimes.
Thunder and rain represent Deliverance. The noble person forgives errors and pardons crimes.
No blame.
No blame at the beginning of deliverance.
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The strong and the weak are at the beginning of their separation: hence there is no blame.
Strong and weak at the beginning of separation brings no blame.
In the field one catches three foxes and obtains a yellow arrow. Perseverance brings good fortune.
In the field catching three foxes and obtaining a yellow arrow. Perseverance brings good fortune.
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Nine in the second place means good fortune, because he possesses the middle way.
Good fortune comes from possessing the middle way.
A porter with a burden on his back, yet riding in a carriage, invites robbers. Even with perseverance, humiliation.
A porter riding in a carriage invites robbers. Even with perseverance, humiliation.
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A porter with a burden on his back, yet riding in a carriage: this is enough to attract robbers. By inviting robbery, whom can he blame?
A porter riding in a carriage invites robbery—whom can he blame?
Deliver yourself from your great toe. Then the companion comes and confides in him.
Deliver yourself from your great toe. Then the companion comes and confides.
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Deliver yourself from your great toe: his position is not the proper one.
Delivering from the great toe shows improper position.
If only the superior man can deliver himself, it brings good fortune. He confides in the inferior man.
If only the superior person can deliver himself, it brings good fortune. He confides in the inferior person.
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If only the superior man can deliver himself: the inferior man withdraws.
The superior person's deliverance causes the inferior to withdraw.
The prince shoots at a hawk on a high wall. He kills it. Nothing but good fortune.
The prince shoots a hawk on a high wall and kills it. Nothing but good fortune.
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The prince shoots at a hawk: thus he delivers those in rebellion.
The prince shooting the hawk delivers those in rebellion.
What does Hsieh / Deliverance mean in the I Ching?
Deliverance. It furthers to go southwest. If there is nothing where one is going, returning brings good fortune. If there is still something, speed brings good...
How should I study Hexagram 40 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. No blame at the beginning of deliverance. In the field catching three foxes and obtaining a yellow arrow. Perseverance brings good fortune. A porter riding in a carriage invites ro...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
Deliverance means untying. Danger produces movement; movement allows escape from danger. Going southwest brings gain; returning brings good fortune through obtaining the middle. When heaven and earth deliver themselves,...
Primary text: Zhouyi / I Ching, including the Judgment, Image, line texts, and related commentaries.
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