Splitting Apart

Hexagram 23 of 64
Judgment · 卦辞
Splitting apart. Not favorable to go anywhere.
剝,不利有攸往。
Commentary on the Judgment · 彖传
Splitting apart: stripping away. The yielding transforms the firm.
剝,剝也。柔變剛也。
Image · 象传
The mountain adheres to the earth: stripping. Those above use generosity to secure the foundation.
山附於地,剝。上以厚下安宅。

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Six Lines · 六爻
Line 1
The bed is split at the legs — perseverance destroyed. Misfortune.
剝床以足蔑貞凶。
The bed is stripped to the legs. The foundation is destroyed.
剝床以足,以滅下也。
Line 2
The bed is split at the frame — perseverance destroyed. Misfortune.
剝床以辨蔑貞凶。
The bed is stripped to the frame. No one to help.
剝床以辨,未有與也。
Line 3
He breaks away from them. No blame.
剝之无咎。
Stripping it away, no blame. Losing touch with those above and below.
剝之无咎,失上下也。
Line 4
The bed is split to the very skin. Misfortune.
剝床以膚凶。
The bed is stripped to the skin. Disaster is close at hand.
剝床以膚,切近灾也。
Line 5
A string of fishes — grace through the palace servants. Nothing unfavorable.
貫魚以宮人寵,无不利。
Favored like a palace woman. In the end no fault.
以宮人宠,終无尤也。
Line 6
The great fruit is not eaten. The noble one gains a carriage; the small person loses his hut.
碩果不食,君子得舆,小人剝廬。
The wise person gains a carriage, carried by the people. The petty person strips the roof. In the end they cannot be used.
君子得舆,民所载也。小人剥庐,终不可用也。
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