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Gòu — Unlooked-For Meeting

天风姤 · Legge: Kau · Heaven above, Wind below

An unlooked-for meeting with something strong and bold: it arrives unasked, and it should not be married.

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The Judgment

Gòu. A female who is bold and strong. It will not be good to marry a female.

Legge’s 1882 translation

Kau shows a female who is bold and strong. It will not be good to marry (such) a female.

The Image

XLIV. (The trigram representing) wind and that for the sky above it form Kau. The sovereign, in accordance with this, delivers his charges, and promulgates his announcements throughout the four quarters (of the kingdom).

天下有风,姤;后以施命诰四方。

The Six Lines

The first six · 初六

The first line, divided, shows how its subject should be kept like a carriage tied and fastened to a metal drag, in which case with firm correctness there will be good fortune. But if he move in any direction, evil will appear. He will be like a lean pig, which is sure to keep jumping about.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The first six, divided, shows how its subject should be kept (like a carriage) tied and fastened to a metal drag, in which case with firm correctness there will be good fortune. (But) if he move in any direction, evil will appear. He will be (like) a lean pig, which is sure to keep jumping about.

The second nine · 九二

The second line, undivided, shows its subject with a wallet of fish. There will be no error. But it will not be well to let go forward to the guests.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The second nine, undivided, shows its subject with a wallet of fish. There will be no error. But it will not be well to let (the subject of the first line) go forward to the guests.

The third nine · 九三

The third line, undivided, shows one from whose buttocks the skin has been stripped so that he walks with difficulty. The position is perilous, but there will be no great error.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The third nine, undivided, shows one from whose buttocks the skin has been stripped so that he walks with difficulty. The position is perilous, but there will be no great error.

The fourth nine · 九四

The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject with his wallet, but no fish in it. This will give rise to evil.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fourth nine, undivided, shows its subject with his wallet, but no fish in it. This will give rise to evil.

The fifth nine · 九五

The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject as a medlar tree overspreading the gourd beneath it. If he keep his brilliant qualities concealed, a good issue will descend as from Heaven.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fifth nine, undivided, (shows its subject as) a medlar tree overspreading the gourd (beneath it). If he keep his brilliant qualities concealed, (a good issue) will descend (as) from Heaven.

The topmost nine · 上九

The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject receiving others on his horns. There will be occasion for regret, but there will be no error.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The sixth nine, undivided, shows its subject receiving others on his horns. There will be occasion for regret, but there will be no error.

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