Six Lines · 六爻
Footsteps crossing and tangled — be reverent, and there is no blame.
履錯然敬之，无咎。
Treading carefully with respect—to avoid blame.
履錯之敬，以避咎也。
Yellow radiance. Supreme good fortune.
黃離元吉。
Yellow brightness brings supreme good fortune—gaining the middle way.
黄離元吉，得中道也。
Radiance of the setting sun — if you do not beat the pot and sing, you will sigh with the regrets of great age. Misfortune.
日昃之离，不鼓缶而歌，則大耋之嗟，凶。
The setting sun's brightness—how can it last?
日昃之離，何可久也。
It comes suddenly — burning, dying, cast away.
突如其來如，焚如，死如，弃如。
Suddenly coming like that—there is no place to receive it.
突如其來如，无所容也。
Tears streaming, sighing with sorrow — good fortune.
出涕沱若，戚嗟若，吉。
Good fortune in the fifth line—attaching to the prince.
六五之吉，離王公也。
The ruler sends forth the expedition — honor for taking the ringleader; the followers are spared. No blame.
王用出征，有嘉折首，获匪其醜，无咎。
The king uses it to go on campaign—to correct the state.
王用出征，以正邦也。