☱澤🏞 Lake
☲火🔥 Fire
澤中有火,革; 君子以治歷明時。
Fire in the lake: Revolution. Superior people set the calendar in order & make the seasons clear.
革: 巳日乃孚, 元亨利貞,悔亡。
Revolution: On your own day you are believed. Great success, furthered through perseverance. Remorse disappears.
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君子豹變, 小人革面, 征凶, 居貞吉。
Superior people transform like a leopard. Inferior people change on the surface. Advancing leads to misfortune. Remaining & persisting leads to good fortune.
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大人虎變,未占有孚。
Great people change like a tiger. Even before questioning, they are believed.
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悔亡,有孚改命,吉。
Regret disappears. There is trust. Changing the rules brings good fortune.
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征凶,貞厲, 革言三就,有孚。
Starting brings misfortune. Perseverance brings danger. When talk of revolution has gone around three times, one may commit: people will believe them.
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巳日乃革之, 征吉,无咎。
When the right day for revolution arrives, start. Good fortune. No blame.
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鞏用黃牛之革。
For strength, use yellow oxhide.