Splitting Apart Hexagram 23 of the I Ching (Yijing · 周易)

Traditional Fortune Grade

剥落之象、外境减退，宜收缩守本，不宜扩张远图。

Basis · 依据：卦辞「不利有攸往」——剥为剥落之象，传统判为凶。

The Judgment

The Six Moving Lines

• Six at the beginningThe leg of the bed is split; those who are inferior must be removed; perseverance brings misfortune.初六：剥床以足，蔑贞凶。
• Six in the second placeThe bed is stripped at the edge; those who are inferior are spreading; perseverance brings misfortune.六二：剥床以辨，蔑贞凶。
• Six in the third placeHe strips it away; no blame.六三：剥之，无咎。
• Six in the fourth placeThe bed is stripped down to the skin; misfortune.六四：剥床以肤，凶。
• Six in the fifth placeA shoal of fishes; the inferior people must yield to the superior; everything furthers.六五：贯鱼，以宫人宠，无不利。
• Nine at the topThe ripe fruit is not eaten; the superior man finds that the inferior people are yielding to him; the small man would strip his own house.上九：硕果不食，君子得舆，小人剥庐。