Enthusiasm — aroused energy and readiness that inspires movement.
Shared enthusiasm and clear direction now set things in motion. Prepare and align others before you act, for well-led energy carries far. Take care not to be swept away by it.
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Enthusiasm places Thunder (arousing, moving) above Earth (receptive, devoted). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
利建侯行师。
The Image · 大象
雷出地奋，豫；先王以作乐崇德，殷荐之上帝，以配祖考。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初六鸣豫，凶。象曰：初六鸣豫，志穷凶也。
- 六二介于石，不终日，贞吉。象曰：不终日，贞吉；以中正也。
- 六三盱豫，悔。迟有悔。象曰：盱豫有悔，位不当也。
- 九四由豫，大有得。勿疑，朋盍簪。象曰：由豫，大有得；志大行也。
- 六五贞疾，恒不死。象曰：六五贞疾，乘刚也。恒不死，中未亡也。
- 上六冥豫，成有变，无咎。象曰：冥豫在上，何可长也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.