☱澤🏞 Lake
☰天🌌 Heaven
澤上于天,夬;君子以施祿及下,居德則忌。
The lake rising up to heaven: Breakthrough. Superior people dispense riches downward & refrain from resting on virtue.
夬: 揚于王庭,孚號, 有厲,告自邑, 不利即戎,利有攸往。
Breakthrough: Someone is proud in a ruler’s presence. The ruler trusts them. If one exposes the truth: danger. Tell one’s own people. Using force is not beneficial. Beneficial to do something new.
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无號,終有凶。
Without warning, misfortune comes.
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莧陸夬夬, 中行无咎。
In dealing with weeds, firm determination is necessary. Walking the middle way remains free of blame.
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臀无膚,其行次且。 牽羊悔亡,聞言不信。
No skin on the thighs. Walking comes hard. If a person were to be led like a sheep, remorse would disappear. Words heard are not believed.
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壯于頄,有凶。 君子夬夬,獨行, 遇雨,若濡, 有慍,无咎。
Power in the cheekbones brings misfortune. Superior people are firmly determined. Walking alone & caught in the rain. Soaked, people murmur against them. No blame.
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惕號,莫夜有戎, 勿恤。
A cry of alarm. Arms at evening & night. Fear nothing.
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壯于前趾, 往不勝為咎。
Power & pride in toes moving forward. If one goes & lacks ability, they make a mistake.