Hexagram 61 · ䷼
Inner Truth. Pigs and fishes. Good fortune. It furthers to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.
Judgment
Inner Truth. Pigs and fishes. Good fortune. It furthers to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.
Image
Wind over the lake represents Inner Truth. The noble person discusses criminal cases and delays executions.
Lines
Being prepared brings good fortune. If there are secret designs, it is disquieting. A crane calling in the shade. Its young answers it. I have a good goblet. I will share it with y...
Inner Truth. Pigs and fishes. Good fortune. It furthers to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.
Inner Truth. Pigs and fishes. Good fortune. It furthers to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.
Inner Truth means the yielding is within and the hard has attained the middle. Joy and devotion: Inner Truth is able to transform the state. Pigs and fishes mean good fortune, because the trust extends to pigs and fishes. It furthers to cross the great water, because riding on wood brings success. Inner Truth with perseverance furthers, because one responds to heaven.
Inner Truth means the yielding is within and the hard attains the middle. Joy together with gentleness allows sincerity to transform a state. Good fortune with pigs and fishes means trust reaches even them. Crossing the great river succeeds because one rides on wood. Perseverance furthers because one responds to heaven.
Wind over the lake: the image of Inner Truth. The noble person discusses criminal cases and delays executions.
Wind over the lake represents Inner Truth. The noble person discusses criminal cases and delays executions.
Being prepared brings good fortune. If there are secret designs, it is disquieting.
Being prepared brings good fortune. If there are secret designs, it is disquieting.
Small Image
Being prepared brings good fortune: his will has not changed.
Being prepared brings good fortune means will has not changed.
A crane calling in the shade. Its young answers it. I have a good goblet. I will share it with you.
A crane calling in the shade. Its young answers it. I have a good goblet. I will share it with you.
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Its young answers it: the cry comes from the center of the heart.
Young answering means cry comes from center of heart.
He finds a comrade. Now he beats the drum, now he stops. Now he weeps, now he sings.
He finds a comrade. Now he beats the drum, now he stops. Now he weeps, now he sings.
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Now he beats the drum, now he stops: his place is not the proper one.
Beating drum then stopping means place is not proper.
The moon is nearly full. The team horse goes astray. No blame.
The moon is nearly full. The team horse goes astray. No blame.
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The team horse goes astray: he separates himself from the class above.
Team horse going astray means separating from class above.
He possesses truth, which links together. No blame.
He possesses truth, which links together. No blame.
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He possesses truth, which links together: his place is correct and in the middle.
Possessing truth linking together means correct and middle position.
Cockcrow penetrating to heaven. Perseverance brings misfortune.
Cockcrow penetrating to heaven. Perseverance brings misfortune.
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Cockcrow penetrating to heaven: how can this be made to last long?
Cockcrow penetrating heaven cannot be made to last long.
What does Chung Fu / Inner Truth mean in the I Ching?
Inner Truth. Pigs and fishes. Good fortune. It furthers to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.
How should I study Hexagram 61 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. Being prepared brings good fortune. If there are secret designs, it is disquieting. A crane calling in the shade. Its young answers it. I have a good goblet. I will share it with y...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
Inner Truth means the yielding is within and the hard attains the middle. Joy together with gentleness allows sincerity to transform a state. Good fortune with pigs and fishes means trust reaches even them. Crossing the...
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