Decrease — if you are sincere, supreme success; it furthers to be firm and correct.
The Six Moving Lines
Nine at the beginningGoing quickly when one's own task is done; no blame; but one must consider how much one may decrease others.初九:已事遄往,无咎,酌损之。
Nine in the second placeIt furthers one to undertake something; to undertake brings misfortune; one increases others without decreasing oneself.九二:利贞,征凶。弗损益之。
Six in the third placeWhen three people journey together, they decrease one another; when one man journeys alone, he finds a companion.六三:三人行,则损一人;一人行,则得其友。
Six in the fourth placeIf a man decreases his faults, it is well; he makes others increase; no blame.六四:损其疾,使遄有喜,无咎。
Six in the fifth placeSomeone does indeed increase him; ten pairs of tortoises cannot oppose it; supreme good fortune.六五:或益之十朋之龟,弗克违,元吉。
Nine at the topIf one is increased without depriving others, there is no blame; perseverance brings good fortune; it furthers one to undertake something; one obtains servants but no longer has a separate home.上九:弗损益之,无咎,贞吉,利有攸往,得臣无家。
Translations after Wilhelm/Baynes and Legge, for cultural study; Classical Chinese shown as reference.
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