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I Ching/Hexagram 61
Hexagram 61110011

Inner Truth 中孚

Upper: Wind · Lower: Lake

Inner Truth — the foundation of all trust

Judgment

Inner Truth. Even pigs and fish can be reached. Supreme success.

中孚:豚鱼吉,利涉大川,利贞。

Hexagram Structure

6
5
4
3
2
1

Wind over Lake

The Image

Wind over Lake — Inner Truth. The superior person discusses legal cases with compassion.

泽上有风,中孚;君子以议狱缓死。

The Lines

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Line 1

Being prepared — good fortune.

初九:虞吉,有它不燕。

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Line 2

A crane calling from the shade — harmony.

六二:鸣鹤在阴,其子和之,我有好爵,吾与尔靡之。

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Line 3

A comrade — now drumming, now stopping.

六三:得敌,或鼓或罢,或泣或歌。

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Line 4

A horse — join in fellowship. Good fortune.

六四:月几望,马匹亡,无咎。

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Line 5

Bound together with sincerity — no blame.

九五:有孚挛如,无咎。

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Line 6

Cockcrow — but only heaven hears.

上九:翰音登于天,贞凶。

Key Ideas in This Hexagram

Opposite Hexagram

When all lines are flipped — a mirror perspective on this energy.

62.Small Excess小过

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