Deliverance

无咎。

No fault.

Line 1 says only that there is no fault. Changing the broken base to firm makes Lake below Thunder and produces Hexagram 54, a received relationship of unequal positions.

田獲三狐，得黃矢，貞吉。

In the hunt, three foxes are caught and a yellow arrow is found. Constancy is favorable.

Three foxes and a yellow arrow appear at Line 2, Water's firm center. Once that line yields, Earth lies below Thunder and the result is Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm.

負且乘，致寇至，貞吝。

Carrying a burden while riding in a carriage invites raiders to arrive. Persistence brings regret.

Line 3 carries a burden while riding, an exposed mismatch of load and position. Making it firm turns lower Water into Wind and yields Hexagram 32.

解而拇，朋至斯孚。

Release your big toe. Companions arrive, and with them comes trust.

At Line 4, the toe is a bond to the first line that must be loosened before other companions can be trusted. This is the traditional relational reading of the body image. Changing Line 4 makes Earth above Water, Hexagram 7.

君子維有解，吉。有孚于小人。

The exemplary person brings release. Favorable. Even petty people show confidence in the exemplary person.

At Line 5, release is associated with the ruler’s position. Legge reads the final clause as confidence shown even by petty people; Zhu Xi instead reads their withdrawal as evidence of release. Changing Line 5 makes Lake above Water, Hexagram 47.

公用射隼于高墉之上，獲之，无不利。

The duke shoots a falcon perched on a high wall and takes it. Favorable in every respect.

The falcon is on the high wall at Line 6; the duke’s shot reaches that difficult target. Changing the yielding top to firm turns Thunder into Fire and produces Hexagram 64, Fire above Water.