泽水困 · Legge: Khwan · Lake above, Water below
Hemmed in on every side: this is no place for speeches, and the only thing you can still spend is yourself.
In Kùn there may progress and success. For the firm and correct, the great man, there will be good fortune. He will fall into no error. If he make speeches, his words cannot be made good.
In (the condition denoted by) Khwan there may (yet be) progress and success. For the firm and correct, the (really) great man, there will be good fortune. He will fall into no error. If he make speeches, his words cannot be made good.
XLVII. (The trigram representing) a marsh, and (below it that for a defile, which has drained the other dry so that there is) no water in it, form Khwan. The superior man, in accordance with this, will sacrifice his life in order to carry out his purpose.
泽无水，困；君子以致命遂志。
The first line, divided, shows its subject with bare buttocks straitened under the stump of a tree. He enters a dark valley, and for three years has no prospect.
The first six, divided, shows its subject with bare buttocks straitened under the stump of a tree. He enters a dark valley, and for three years has no prospect (of deliverance).
The second line, undivided, shows its subject straitened amidst his wine and viands. There come to him anon the red knee-covers. It will be well for him in sacrificing. Active operations will lead to evil, but he will be free from blame.
The second nine, undivided, shows its subject straitened amidst his wine and viands. There come to him anon the red knee-covers (of the ruler). It will be well for him (to maintain his sincerity as) in sacrificing. Active operations (on his part) will lead to evil, but he will be free from blame.
The third line, divided, shows its subject straitened before a rock. He lays hold of thorns. He enters his palace, and does not see his wife. There will be evil.
The third six, divided, shows its subject straitened before a (frowning) rock. He lays hold of thorns. He enters his palace, and does not see his wife. There will be evil.
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject proceeding very slowly, who is straitened by the carriage adorned with metal in front of him. There will be occasion for regret, but the end will be good.
The fourth nine, undivided, shows its subject proceeding very slowly (to help the subject of the first line), who is straitened by the carriage adorned with metal in front of him. There will be occasion for regret, but the end will be good.
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject with his nose and feet cut off. He is straitened by his ministers in their scarlet aprons. He is leisurely in his movements, however, and is satisfied. It will be well for him to be as sincere as in sacrificing to spiritual beings.
The fifth nine, undivided, shows its subject with his nose and feet cut off. He is straitened by (his ministers in their) scarlet aprons. He is leisurely in his movements, however, and is satisfied. It will be well for him to be (as sincere) as in sacrificing (to spiritual beings).
The sixth line, divided, shows its subject straitened, as if bound with creepers; or in a high and dangerous position, and saying, 'If I move, I shall repent it.' If he do repent of former errors, there will be good fortune in his going forward.
The sixth six, divided, shows its subject straitened, as if bound with creepers; or in a high and dangerous position, and saying (to himself), 'If I move, I shall repent it.' If he do repent of former errors, there will be good fortune in his going forward.
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