6 Song


Litigation
There are prisoners, frozen with fear. There is fortune now, but in the end there will be misfortune. It is time to see the great one. It is not good to ford the great river.
========= A leather belt of honor was conferred, but he was stripped of it three times in one morning.
========= He won the lawsuit. There will be great good fortune.
====x==== He could not win the lawsuit. He returned to comply with the command. There will be a change. Omen of peace. There will be good fortune.
===   === He lived off old bounty. Omen of danger. Good fortune will prevail. “One who serves the king has no expectations.”
========= He could not win the lawsuit. When he returned, in his township three hundred households had absconded. Calamity is avoided.
===   === He did not prolong his service. There will be talk. In the end there will be good fortune.

59 Huan


Overflow
Your plea is heard. The king goes to his ancestral temple. Now is the time to cross the great river. Good omen.
========= Overflowing is the blood. He will depart and go far away. No harm will come.
========= Spurting is the liver; it squeals loudly. Flooding the king's palace. No harm will come.
===   === Swelling is the herd. Great good fortune. Swelling, it has reached the hills. Not what one would ordinarily expect.
===   === Pouring over their bodies. No harm will come.
========= Spraying, it gushes over the table. Problems disappear.
===   === If this omen is used to geld a horse, it will grow strong. There will be good fortune.