Hexagram 40

Xiè

Deliverance

Also: Release, Untangling

☳ Thunder over ☵ Water

The Judgment

Deliverance. The southwest furthers. If there is no longer anything where one has to go, return brings good fortune. If there is still something where one has to go, hastening brings good fortune.

The Image

Thunder and rain set in. Thus the superior person forgives mistakes and pardons misdeeds.

The Lines

Line 1

Without blame.

Line 2

One kills three foxes in the field and receives a yellow arrow. Perseverance brings good fortune.

Line 3

If a person carries a burden on the back and nonetheless rides in a carriage, they thereby encourage robbers to draw near. Perseverance leads to humiliation.

Line 4

Deliver yourself from your great toe. Then the companion comes, and you can trust.

Line 5

If only the superior person can deliver themselves, it brings good fortune. Thus they prove to the inferior people that they are in earnest.

Line 6

The prince shoots at a hawk on a high wall. They kill it. Everything serves to further.

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