Peng
I Ching/Hexagram 40
Hexagram 40010100

Deliverance

Upper: Thunder · Lower: Water

Judgment

Deliverance. The southwest furthers. If nothing needs doing, rest. If something needs doing, act quickly.

解:利西南,无所往,其来复吉。有攸往,夙吉。

Hexagram Structure

6
5
4
3
2
1

Thunder over Water

The Image

Thunder and Rain — Deliverance. The superior person forgives errors.

雷雨作,解;君子以赦过宥罪。

The Lines

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Line 1

No blame — deliverance arrives.

初六:无咎。

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Line 2

Three foxes in the field — catch them.

九二:田获三狐,得黄矢,贞吉。

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Line 3

Carrying a burden — riding in a carriage. Humiliation.

六三:负且乘,致寇至,贞吝。

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Line 4

Deliver your own toes — good fortune.

九四:解而拇,朋至斯孚。

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Line 5

The noble person delivers — good fortune.

六五:君子维有解,吉;有孚于小人。

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Line 6

The prince shoots a hawk — no blame.

上六:公用射隼,于高墉之上,获之,无不利。

Key Ideas in This Hexagram

Opposite Hexagram

When all lines are flipped — a mirror perspective on this energy.

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