☲火🔥 Fire
☷地🌎 Earth
明出地上,晉; 君子以自昭明德。
The sun rises over the earth: Prospering. Superior people brighten their bright virtue.
晉: 康侯用錫馬蕃庶, 晝日三接。
Prospering: The powerful official is honored with many horses. In a single day they are granted audience three times.
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晉其角,維用伐邑, 厲吉无咎,貞吝。
Making progress with horns for the purpose of punishing one’s own city. To be conscious of danger brings good fortune. No blame. Perseverance brings humiliation.
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悔亡,失得勿恤, 往吉,无不利。
Regret vanishes. Do not mind gain or loss. Acting brings good fortune & benefit in everything.
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晉如碩鼠,貞厲。
Prospering like a bushy-tailed rodent. To continue brings danger.
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眾允,悔亡。
All are in accord. Regret disappears.
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晉如,愁如,貞吉。 受茲介福, 于其王母。
Prospering, but in sorrow. Perseverance brings good fortune. Then one obtains great happiness from an ancestor.
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晉如,摧如,貞吉。 罔孚,裕无咎。
When prosperity meets obstruction, persistence brings good fortune. If one lacks the trust of others, one should remain benevolent. No blame.