Dispersion — dissolving rigidity so things can reunite.
Hardened divisions and blockages begin to dissolve. Break up selfish separateness and gather people again around a larger purpose. Let what was frozen flow and come back together.
dispersiondissolutionreunionflexibility
Dispersion places Wind (gentle, penetrating) above Water (abysmal, dangerous). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
亨。王假有庙，利涉大川，利贞。
The Image · 大象
风行水上，涣；先王以享于帝立庙。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初六用拯马壮，吉。象曰：初六之吉，顺也。
- 九二涣奔其机，悔亡。象曰：涣奔其机，得愿也。
- 六三涣其躬，无悔。象曰：涣其躬，志在外也。
- 六四涣其群，元吉。涣有丘，匪夷所思。象曰：涣其群，元吉；光大也。
- 九五涣汗其大号，涣王居，无咎。象曰：王居无咎，正位也。
- 上九涣其血，去逖出，无咎。象曰：涣其血，远害也。
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.