中孚
Zhōng Fú · Inner Truth
Truth is what reaches the fish; it does not need to raise its voice.
The judgment
中孚：豚魚吉，利涉大川，利貞。
Inner truth. Even pigs and fish are lucky; 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: hex61.judgment.
The image
象曰：澤上有風，中孚。君子以議獄緩死。
Wind over the lake: inner truth. A capable person reviews cases and delays the death penalty: sincerity gives room to think again.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex61.image.
Truth is what reaches the fish; it does not need to raise its voice.
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 虞吉，有他不燕。 Prepared, and it is lucky. If something else takes over, there is no peace.
Prepared, and it is lucky. If something else takes over, there is no peace.
九二 鳴鶴在陰，其子和之，我有好爵，吾與爾靡之。 The crane calls in the shade and its young answers. I have good wine; I share it with you: truth travels by resonance.
The crane calls in the shade and its young answers. I have good wine; I share it with you: truth travels by resonance.
六三 得敵，或鼓或罷，或泣或歌。 Meeting a rival: now drumming, now stopping, now weeping, now singing. The line shows a heart pulled apart by the other.
Meeting a rival: now drumming, now stopping, now weeping, now singing. The line shows a heart pulled apart by the other.
六四 月幾望，馬匹亡，無咎。 The moon is nearly full; the horse's mate is lost. No blame: at the peak, let the pair go.
The moon is nearly full; the horse's mate is lost. No blame: at the peak, let the pair go.
九五 有孚攣如，無咎。 Sincerity that binds people together. No blame: trust is the tie that holds.
Sincerity that binds people together. No blame: trust is the tie that holds.
上九 翰音登於天，貞凶。 The sound of wings rises to heaven. Even staying true is bad: a voice without a body cannot last.
The sound of wings rises to heaven. Even staying true is bad: a voice without a body cannot last.