Inner truth — sincerity so genuine it reaches even the distant.
Genuine inner sincerity moves others and can win trust across great difference. Let your conviction be true at the core, and it carries real persuasive power. Truth within resonates without.
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Inner Truth places Wind (gentle, penetrating) above Lake (joyous, open). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
豚鱼吉，利涉大川，利贞。
The Image · 大象
泽上有风，中孚；君子以议狱缓死。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九虞吉，有它不燕。象曰：初九虞吉，志未变也。
- 九二鸣鹤在阴，其子和之，我有好爵，吾与尔靡之。象曰：其子和之，中心愿也。
- 六三得敌，或鼓或罢，或泣或歌。象曰：或鼓或罢，位不当也。
- 六四月几望，马匹亡，无咎。象曰：马匹亡，绝类上也。
- 九五有孚挛如，无咎。象曰：有孚挛如，位正当也。
- 上九翰音登于天，贞凶。象曰：翰音登于天，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.