Six Lines · 六爻
Spreading white reed mats beneath the offering. No blame.
藉用白茅，无咎。
Using white artemisia as a mat, the yielding is below.
藉用白茅，柔在下也。
The dry willow sprouts new shoots — the older man takes a young wife. Nothing unfavorable.
枯楊生稊，老夫得其女妻，无不利。
An old husband and a young wife come together in excess.
老夫女妻，过以相與也。
The ridgepole sags under the load. Misfortune.
棧桡凶。
The misfortune of a bent beam is that nothing can support it.
棧桡之凶，不可以有辅也。
The ridgepole arches upward — good fortune. If anything else is added, humiliation.
棧隆吉，有它吝。
The good fortune of a raised beam comes from not bending below.
棧隆之吉，不桡乎下也。
The dry willow blossoms — the older woman takes a young husband. No blame, no praise.
枯楊生華，老婦得其士夫，无咎无誉。
A withered poplar puts forth blossoms—how can it last? An old woman takes a young husband—this too is shameful.
枯楊生華，何可久也。老婦士夫，亦可醜也。
Crossing the river, the water covers the head — misfortune, yet no blame.
過涉滅頂凶，无咎。
The misfortune of crossing beyond one's depth cannot be blamed.
過涉之凶，不可咎也。