风天小畜 · Legge: Hsaio Khu · Wind above, Heaven below
Dense clouds and no rain: the hold-back is temporary, and forcing it wastes what has gathered.
Xiǎo Chù. Hsiao Khu indicates that there will be progress and success. Dense clouds, but no rain coming from our borders in the west.
Hsiao Khu indicates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. (We see) dense clouds, but no rain coming from our borders in the west.
IX. (The trigram representing) the sky, and that representing wind moving above it, form Hsaio Khu. The superior man, in accordance with this, adorns the outward manifestation of his virtue.
风行天上，小畜；君子以懿文德。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject returning and pursuing his own course. What mistake should he fall into? There will be good fortune.
The first nine, undivided, shows its subject returning and pursuing his own course. What mistake should he fall into? There will be good fortune.
The second line, undivided, shows its subject, by the attraction, returning. There will be good fortune.
The second nine, undivided, shows its subject, by the attraction (of the former line), returning (to the proper course). There will be good fortune.
The third line, undivided, suggests the idea of a carriage, the strap beneath which has been removed, or of a husband and wife looking on each other with averted eyes.
The third nine, undivided, suggests the idea of a carriage, the strap beneath which has been removed, or of a husband and wife looking on each other with averted eyes.
The fourth line, divided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity. The danger of bloodshed is thereby averted, and his apprehension dismissed. There will be no mistake.
The fourth six, divided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity. The danger of bloodshed is thereby averted, and his (ground for) apprehension dismissed. There will be no mistake.
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity, and drawing others to unite with him. Rich in resources, he employs his neighbors.
The fifth nine, undivided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity, and drawing others to unite with him. Rich in resources, he employs his neighbors (in the same cause with himself).
The topmost line, undivided, shows how the rain has fallen, and the is stayed; must we value the full accumulation of the virtue. But a wife, however firm and correct she may be, is in a position of peril, the moon approaching to the full. If the superior man prosecute his measures, there will be evil.
The topmost nine, undivided, shows how the rain has fallen, and the (onward progress) is stayed; -(so) must we value the full accumulation of the virtue (represented by the upper trigram). But a wife (exercising restraint), however firm and correct she may be, is in a position of peril, (and like) the moon approaching to the full. If the superior man prosecute his measures (in such circumstances), there will be evil.
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