The judgment
睽：小事吉。
Opposition. Small matters are lucky: when people are at odds, do not attempt anything large.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex38.judgment.
The image
象曰：上火下澤，睽。君子以同而異。
Fire above, lake below: opposition. A capable person finds what is shared without erasing what is different.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex38.image.
Difference is not the problem; pretending there is none is.
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 悔亡，喪馬勿逐，自復﹔見惡人無咎。 Regret disappears. The horse is lost: do not chase it, it comes back on its own. Meeting a difficult person brings no blame.
Regret disappears. The horse is lost: do not chase it, it comes back on its own. Meeting a difficult person brings no blame.
九二 遇主於巷，無咎。 You meet your host in a narrow lane. No blame: the right connection happens off the main road.
You meet your host in a narrow lane. No blame: the right connection happens off the main road.
六三 見輿曳，其牛掣，其人天且劓，無初有終。 The cart is dragged, the ox pulled back, the man branded and maimed. No good beginning, but there is an end: the worst is at the start.
The cart is dragged, the ox pulled back, the man branded and maimed. No good beginning, but there is an end: the worst is at the start.
九四 睽孤，遇元夫，交孚，厲無咎。 Isolated in opposition, you meet a good man and trust each other. Dangerous, but no blame.
Isolated in opposition, you meet a good man and trust each other. Dangerous, but no blame.
六五 悔亡，厥宗噬膚，往何咎。 Regret disappears. Your own people bite through the soft meat for you. Going forward, what blame is there?
Regret disappears. Your own people bite through the soft meat for you. Going forward, what blame is there?
上九 睽孤， 見豕負涂，載鬼一車， 先張之弧，後說之弧，匪寇婚媾，往遇雨則吉。 Alone in opposition, you see a pig covered in mud and a cart full of ghosts. Bow drawn, then lowered: it is not a bandit but a suitor. Go on; when the rain comes, it is lucky.
Alone in opposition, you see a pig covered in mud and a cart full of ghosts. Bow drawn, then lowered: it is not a bandit but a suitor. Go on; when the rain comes, it is lucky.