Judgment · 卦辞
The Receptive. Supreme success. Perseverance benefits like a mare's. The wise person has somewhere to go. At first lost, then finds a master. Favorable to gain friends in the southwest, lose friends in the northeast. Peaceful perseverance brings good fortune.
坤，元亨，利牝馬之貞。君子有攸往，先迷後得主，利西南得朋，東北喪朋。安貞吉。
Commentary on the Judgment · 彖传
Perfect is the Receptive's primal power! All things are born from it, following heaven. The Receptive is vast, carrying all things; its virtue matches the infinite. It embraces and shines, all beings flourish. The mare, of earth's kind, travels without limit; gentle and yielding, it perseveres. The wise person's path: at first they lose the way, but later by following they find constancy. In the southwest they gain companions, traveling with their kind; in the northeast they lose companions, yet in the end there is celebration. The good fortune of steadfast perseverance corresponds to the endless earth.
至哉坤元，萬物資生，乃順承天。坤厚載物，德合無疆。含弘光大，品物咸亨。牝馬地類，行地無疆，柔順利貞。君子攸行，先迷失道，後順得常。西南得朋，乃與類行；東北喪朋，乃終有慶。安貞之吉，應地無疆。
Six Lines · 六爻
Treading on frost. Solid ice will come.
履霜，堅冰至。
Treading on frost leads to solid ice. Yin begins to congeal; following its path, it becomes hard ice.
履霜堅冰，陰始凝也；馴致其道，至堅冰也。
Straight, square, great. Without practice, nothing is unfavorable.
直方大，不習无不利。
The movement of the second line is straight and square. No need to learn, nothing is unfavorable; the earth's way shines.
六二之動，直以方也。不习无不利，地道光也。
Containing brilliance. Serving the king, no claim but a conclusion.
含章可貞，或從王事，无成有終。
Holding beauty within, it can be steadfast; it emerges at the right time. If it serves the king, its wisdom grows and expands.
含章可貞，以時發也。或從王事，知光大也。
A tied-up sack. No blame, no praise.
括囊，无咎无譽。
Closing the bag brings no fault; caution prevents harm.
括囊无咎，慎不害也。
Yellow lower garment. Supreme good fortune.
黃裳，元吉。
Yellow garment, supreme good fortune; inner pattern resides within.
黃裳元吉，文在中也。
Dragons fight in the wild. Their blood is black and yellow.
龍戰于野，其血玄黃。
The dragon fights in the wild; its way is exhausted.
龍戰于野，其道窮也。