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Fù — The Returning Light

地雷复 · Legge: Fu · Earth above, Thunder below

The light comes back on its own seven-day cycle; the first faint return needs no help, only room.

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The Judgment

Fù. There will be free course and progress in what it denotes. The subject of it finds no one to distress him in his exits and entrances; friends come to him, and no error is committed. He will return and repeat his proper course. In seven days comes his return. There will be advantage in whatever direction movement is made.

Legge’s 1882 translation

Fu indicates that there will be free course and progress (in what it denotes). (The subject of it) finds no one to distress him in his exits and entrances; friends come to him, and no error is committed. He will return and repeat his (proper) course. In seven days comes his return. There will be advantage in whatever direction movement is made.

The Image

XXIV. (The trigram representing) the earth and that for thunder in the midst of it form Fu. The ancient kings, in accordance with this, on the day. of the (winter) solstice, shut the gates of the passes (from one state to another), so that the travelling merchants could not (then) pursue their journeys, nor the princes go on with the inspection of their states.

雷在地中,复;先王以至日闭关,商旅不行,后不省方。

The Six Lines

The first nine · 初九

The first line, undivided, shows its subject returning of no great extent, which would not proceed to anything requiring repentance. There will be great good fortune.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The first nine, undivided, shows its subject returning (from an error) of no great extent, which would not proceed to anything requiring repentance. There will be great good fortune.

The second six · 六二

The second line, divided, shows the admirable return. There will be good fortune.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The second six, divided, shows the admirable return (of its subject). There will be good fortune.

The third six · 六三

The third line, divided, shows one who has made repeated returns. The position is perilous, but there will be no error.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The third six, divided, shows one who has made repeated returns. The position is perilous, but there will be no error.

The fourth six · 六四

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject moving right in the center, and yet returning alone.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fourth six, divided, shows its subject moving right in the center (among those represented by the other divided lines), and yet returning alone (to his proper path).

The fifth six · 六五

The fifth line, divided, shows the noble return of its subject. There will be no ground for repentance.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fifth six, divided, shows the noble return of its subject. There will be no ground for repentance.

The topmost six · 上六

The topmost line, divided, shows its subject all astray on the subject of returning. There will be evil. There will be calamities and errors. If with his views he put the hosts in motion, the end will be a great defeat, whose issues will extend to the ruler of the state. Even in ten years he will not be able to repair the disaster.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The topmost six, divided, shows its subject all astray on the subject of returning. There will be evil. There will be calamities and errors. If with his views he put the hosts in motion, the end will be a great defeat, whose issues will extend to the ruler of the state. Even in ten years he will not be able to repair the disaster.

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