Hexagram 59 of 64

Huàn — The Wind Scatters

风水涣 · Legge: Hwan · Wind above, Water below

What had frozen is scattered: offerings at the temple, and the crossing made while the crossing is open.

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The Judgment

Huàn. There will be progress and success. The king goes to his ancestral temple; and it will be advantageous to cross the great stream. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct.

Legge’s 1882 translation

Hwan intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. The king goes to his ancestral temple; and it will be advantageous to cross the great stream. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct.

The Image

LIX. (The trigram representing) water and that for wind moving above the water form Hwan. The ancient kings, in accordance with this, presented offerings to God and established the ancestral temple.

风行水上,涣;先王以享于帝立庙。

The Six Lines

The first six · 初六

The first line, divided, shows its subject engaged in rescuing and having a strong horse. There will be good fortune.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The first six, divided, shows its subject engaged in rescuing (from the impending evil) and having (the assistance of) a strong horse. There will be good fortune.

The second nine · 九二

The second line, undivided, shows its subject, amid the dispersion, hurrying to his contrivance. All occasion for repentance will disappear.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The second nine, undivided, shows its subject, amid the dispersion, hurrying to his contrivance (for security). All occasion for repentance will disappear.

The third six · 六三

The third line, divided, shows its subject discarding any regard to his own person. There will be no occasion for repentance.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The third six, divided, shows its subject discarding any regard to his own person. There will be no occasion for repentance.

The fourth six · 六四

The fourth line, divided, shows its subject scattering the parties; which leads to great good fortune. From the dispersion like a mound, which is what ordinary men would not have thought of

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fourth six, divided, shows its subject scattering the (different) parties (in the state); which leads to great good fortune. From the dispersion (he collects again good men standing out, a crowd) like a mound, which is what ordinary men would not have thought of

The fifth nine · 九五

The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject amidst the dispersion issuing his great announcements as the perspiration. He scatters abroad the accumulations in the royal granaries. There will be no error.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The fifth nine, undivided, shows its subject amidst the dispersion issuing his great announcements as the perspiration (flows from his body). He scatters abroad (also) the accumulations in the royal granaries. There will be no error.

The topmost nine · 上九

The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject disposing of what may be called its bloody wounds, and going and separating himself from its anxious fears. There will be no error.

Legge’s 1882 translation

The topmost nine, undivided, shows its subject disposing of (what may be called) its bloody wounds, and going and separating himself from its anxious fears. There will be no error.

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