小畜
Xiǎo Xù · Small Accumulating
Small pressure held long enough becomes readiness.
The judgment
小畜：亨。 密云不雨，自我西郊。
Small accumulation succeeds. Dense clouds, no rain, coming from the western outskirts. Something is building, but it has not broken yet.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex09.judgment.
The image
象曰：風行天上，小畜。君子以懿文德。
Wind moves across the sky: small accumulation. A capable person polishes culture and character while waiting for the larger opening.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex09.image.
Small pressure held long enough becomes readiness.
The six lines
Each line is a stage, from the bottom of the hexagram to the top. Open any line to read it in plain English.
初九 復自道，何其咎，吉。 You return to your own path. What blame could there be? Good fortune.
You return to your own path. What blame could there be? Good fortune.
九二 牽復，吉。 You are drawn back by others, and that is lucky. Being pulled toward the right road counts as arriving.
You are drawn back by others, and that is lucky. Being pulled toward the right road counts as arriving.
九三 輿說輻，夫妻反目。 The cart loses a spoke and husband and wife turn against each other. A small missing part makes the whole household stop.
The cart loses a spoke and husband and wife turn against each other. A small missing part makes the whole household stop.
六四 有孚，血去惕出，無咎。 With sincerity, the blood is gone and the fear leaves. No blame: the danger passes because someone is trusted.
With sincerity, the blood is gone and the fear leaves. No blame: the danger passes because someone is trusted.
九五 有孚攣如，富以其鄰。 Trust binds people together, and wealth is shared with the neighbor. What you hold is measured by who holds it with you.
Trust binds people together, and wealth is shared with the neighbor. What you hold is measured by who holds it with you.
上九 既雨既處，尚德載，婦貞厲。 月幾望，君子征凶。 The rain has come and settled. Virtue is loaded and carried, but a woman's steadfastness is strained; the moon is nearly full. A capable person who marches now goes wrong.
The rain has come and settled. Virtue is loaded and carried, but a woman's steadfastness is strained; the moon is nearly full. A capable person who marches now goes wrong.