The judgment
渙:亨。 王假有廟,利涉大川,利貞。
Dispersion succeeds. The king comes to the temple; it is worth crossing the great water. Staying true is favorable.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex59.judgment.
The image
象曰:風行水上,渙。先王以享於帝立廟。
Wind over water: dispersion. The old kings offered sacrifice to heaven and established temples: when things scatter, give them a center.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex59.image.
Scatter what has hardened; gather around what is alive.
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.
初六 用拯馬壯,吉。 Rescue with a strong horse. Good fortune: act fast while the pieces are still moving.
Rescue with a strong horse. Good fortune: act fast while the pieces are still moving.
九二 渙奔其機,悔亡。 In dispersion, run to the support. Regret disappears: get to the thing that holds.
In dispersion, run to the support. Regret disappears: get to the thing that holds.
六三 渙其躬,無悔。 Disperse yourself. No regret: let go of your own fixed position.
Disperse yourself. No regret: let go of your own fixed position.
六四 渙其群,元吉。 渙有丘,匪夷所思。 Disperse the group: great good fortune. In dispersion there is a hill: what ordinary thinking cannot imagine.
Disperse the group: great good fortune. In dispersion there is a hill: what ordinary thinking cannot imagine.
九五 渙汗其大號,渙王居,無咎。 Dispersion like sweat, a great cry; the king's house is dispersed. No blame: the release has to be public and total.
Dispersion like sweat, a great cry; the king's house is dispersed. No blame: the release has to be public and total.
上九 渙其血,去逖出,無咎。 Disperse the blood; go far away. No blame: leave the wound behind and get distance.
Disperse the blood; go far away. No blame: leave the wound behind and get distance.