䷼Inner TruthZhōng Fú

The judgment

豚鱼吉，利涉大川，利贞

Wind over the lake reaches the water and the hollow in the middle carries the sound. Trust here is built from what can be checked, and a claim that cannot be tested is just weather.

The image

Wind crosses the lake and the water answers from inside the hollow. What is honest makes a sound that matches its shape.

The six lines

Read from the bottom up. A line that moves is read here, and read again in the hexagram it becomes.

1. 初九Line 1

   虞吉，有它不燕

   At the start, weigh what is actually in hand; looking elsewhere unsettles the footing.

   Marked in the textauspicious

2. 九二Line 2

   鸣鹤在阴，其子和之，我有好爵，吾与尔靡之

   Those on the same wavelength answer on their own; share the good portion and the resonance holds.

3. 六三Line 3

   得敌，或鼓或罢，或泣或歌

   Meeting a counterpart of equal strength: the drum starts and then stops, now beating, now calling the troops back; tears are not yet dry when singing begins. Neither advancing nor withdrawing works, and everything stalls at this one step.

4. 六四Line 4

   月既望，马匹亡，无咎

   Past the full moon, letting the paired half go leaves the position lighter rather than diminished.

   Marked in the textno blame

5. 九五Line 5

   有孚挛如，无咎

   At the center, trust twisted into one cord draws more people in, and the weight gathers on you.

   Marked in the textno blame

6. 上九Line 6

   翰音登于天，贞凶

   A call pitched too high reaches the sky with nothing solid beneath, and wears thin by the end.

   Marked in the textominous

Where each changing line leads

Flip one line and it is a different hexagram. These are the six it becomes.

• 初九→DispersionHexagram 59
• 九二→IncreaseHexagram 42
• 六三→Small TamingHexagram 9
• 六四→TreadingHexagram 10
• 九五→DecreaseHexagram 41
• 上九→LimitationHexagram 60