Deliverance — release and relief after the tension breaks.
A long difficulty finally loosens and relief arrives. Resolve matters quickly, forgive, and return to ordinary life without dwelling. Do not over-extend the moment of release.
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Deliverance places Thunder (arousing, moving) above Water (abysmal, dangerous). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
利西南，无所往，其来复吉。有攸往，夙吉。
The Image · 大象
雷雨作，解；君子以赦过宥罪。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初六无咎。象曰：刚柔之际，义无咎也。
- 九二田获三狐，得黄矢，贞吉。象曰：九二贞吉，得中道也。
- 六三负且乘，致寇至，贞吝。象曰：负且乘，亦可丑也，自我致戎，又谁咎也。
- 九四解而拇，朋至斯孚。象曰：解而拇，未当位也。
- 六五君子维有解，吉；有孚于小人。象曰：君子有解，小人退也。
- 上六公用射隼，于高墉之上，获之，无不利。象曰：公用射隼，以解悖也。
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.