Hexagram 59, Huàn (Dispersion): Line 6 (top)

涣卦上九 · 风水涣 · 中文版

上九:涣其血,去逖出,无咎。

The line (Legge)

The topmost NINE, undivided, shows its subject disposing of (what may be called) its bloody wounds, and going and separating himself from its anxious fears. There will be no error.

Small Image commentary

'His bloody wounds are gone:' - he is far removed from the danger of injury.

象曰:涣其血,远害也。

In plain words

Dispersing harm, going far away and getting out: no fault. The top line is at the end of the hexagram, furthest from the danger of the lower trigram, and can keep far from harm. The Small Image says it keeps far from harm.

Applying it to your situation

If you can now leave a place that has hurt you, this line suggests going with a clear mind. Once you have left, what would you most like to repair?

Position

A solid (yang) line in the top place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is not in its proper place. Its partner is line 3; one is yin and the other yang, so they respond to each other.

If this line moves

With this line moving alone, Huàn changes into Hexagram 29 Kǎn (The Abysmal Water). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·涣之坎.

The hexagram

Hexagram 59 Huàn (Dispersion). The Judgment: Huan intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. The king goes to his ancestral temple; and it will be advantageous to cross the great stream. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct.

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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.

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