隨
Suí · Following
Follow what deserves following, and rest when the day is done.
The judgment
隨：元亨利貞，無咎。
Following. Supreme success if you stay true; then there is no blame.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex17.judgment.
The image
象曰：澤中有雷，隨。君子以嚮晦入宴息。
Thunder inside the lake: following. A capable person goes indoors and rests when the light fades.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex17.image.
Follow what deserves following, and rest when the day is done.
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 官有渝，貞吉。 出門交有功。 Your position changes. Stay true and it is lucky; go out and make contact, and there is achievement.
Your position changes. Stay true and it is lucky; go out and make contact, and there is achievement.
六二 係小子，失丈夫。 You tie yourself to the small one and lose the great one. Following the wrong person costs you the right one.
You tie yourself to the small one and lose the great one. Following the wrong person costs you the right one.
六三 係丈夫，失小子， 隨有求得，利居貞。 You tie yourself to the great one and let the small one go. Following brings what you seek; stay steady.
You tie yourself to the great one and let the small one go. Following brings what you seek; stay steady.
九四 隨有獲，貞凶，有孚在道，以明，何咎。 Following brings gain, but holding it rigidly is bad. If sincerity stays on the road and you are clear, what blame is there?
Following brings gain, but holding it rigidly is bad. If sincerity stays on the road and you are clear, what blame is there?
九五 孚于嘉，吉。 Sincerity placed in what is good. Good fortune: trust the right thing and following becomes easy.
Sincerity placed in what is good. Good fortune: trust the right thing and following becomes easy.
上六 拘係之，乃從維之。 王用亨於西山。 Bound and tied, then led along. The king offers sacrifice in the western mountains: sometimes following is being held until you are ready.
Bound and tied, then led along. The king offers sacrifice in the western mountains: sometimes following is being held until you are ready.