41䷨損 Decrease Sǔn

☶山🏔 Mountain
☱澤🏞 Lake

山下有澤,損; 君子以懲忿窒欲。

At the foot of a mountain, a lake: Decrease. Superior people control anger & restrain desires.

損: 有孚,元吉,无咎, 可貞,利有攸往。 曷之用,二簋可用享。

Decrease: Sincerity brings great good fortune without blame. Be persevering in this. Beneficial to undertake something. How is it to be carried out? Use two small bowls for the sacrifice.

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弗損益之,无咎, 貞吉,有攸往, 得臣无家。

Gain which causes no loss to others involves no error. Persistence in a righteous course brings good fortune. Beneficial to have a goal. Obtaining followers, but not family.

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或益之,十朋之 龜弗克違,元吉。

Enriched by twenty tortoises. One cannot refuse. Great good fortune.

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損其疾,使遄有喜, 无咎。

Decreasing faults: others quickly rejoice. No blame.

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三人行,則損一人; 一人行,則得其友。

When three journey together, their number decreases by one. When one journeys alone, they find a companion.

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利貞,征凶,弗損, 益之。

Perseverance is beneficial. Undertakings brings misfortune. Without decreasing oneself, one is able to bring increase to others.

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巳事遄往,无咎, 酌損之。

Hurrying away when work is done is not wrong, but first consider whether a hasty departure will harm the work.