損
Sǔn · Decrease
Decrease done on purpose is how you make room for what matters.
The judgment
損：有孚，元吉，無咎，可貞，利有攸往。曷之用，二簋可用享。
Decrease. With sincerity, great good fortune, no blame, and it is fit to stay true. It is favorable to go somewhere. What can be used? Two bowls are enough for the offering.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex41.judgment.
The image
象曰：山下有澤，損。君子以懲忿窒欲。
A lake under the mountain: decrease. A capable person checks anger and blocks desire.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex41.image.
Decrease done on purpose is how you make room for what matters.
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 已事遄往，無咎，酌損之。 Finish your own work and go quickly. No blame, but measure the decrease: do not over-give.
Finish your own work and go quickly. No blame, but measure the decrease: do not over-give.
九二 利貞，征凶，弗損益之。 Staying true is favorable; marching out is bad. Do not decrease this one: it is already right.
Staying true is favorable; marching out is bad. Do not decrease this one: it is already right.
六三 三人行，則損一人；一人行，則得其友。 Three walking together lose one; one walking alone finds a friend. Two is the number that holds.
Three walking together lose one; one walking alone finds a friend. Two is the number that holds.
六四 損其疾，使遄有喜，無咎。 Decrease your own fault, and let it happen quickly: there is joy, no blame.
Decrease your own fault, and let it happen quickly: there is joy, no blame.
六五 或益之，十朋之龜弗克違，元吉。 Someone adds to you; even a ten-shell turtle cannot refuse it. Great good fortune: the gift is too right to decline.
Someone adds to you; even a ten-shell turtle cannot refuse it. Great good fortune: the gift is too right to decline.
上九 弗損益之，無咎，貞吉，利有攸往，得臣無家。 Do not decrease, but increase. No blame; staying true is lucky. It is favorable to go on, and you gain servants who are not bound to a house.
Do not decrease, but increase. No blame; staying true is lucky. It is favorable to go on, and you gain servants who are not bound to a house.