35䷢晉 Prospering Jìn

☲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.