夬(決)

43 Jue


Haste
On view in the courtyard of the king, the captives cry out. From a town comes a report of danger. This is not the time to regulate the Rong tribes. It is the time to go on a journey.
===   === There are no cries. There is misfortune in the end.
====x==== The mountain goat leaps, helter-skelter, down the middle of the road. No harm will come.
========= No flesh on his buttocks, his steps are hobbled. If he leads a sheep then problems will disappear. He will hear talk but is not reliable.
========= His strength is in his face. There will be misfortune. The nobleman heads out alone hurry-scurry. He meets with rain and gets wet. There is displeasure, but no harm.
====x==== Cries of alarm. Attacks come in the night. Fear not.
========= His strength is in stopping beforehand. Going will not bring victory. It will be harmful.

55 Feng


The Royal Capital
Your plea is heard. The king approaches. Do not grieve. It is appropriate. It is in the middle of the sun.
===   === His house in the capital, in the shadow of his home. Peer through the door; it is vacant and no one is there. For three years no one is seen. Misfortune.
===   === He comes to Shang. There will be celebration and joy. Good fortune.
========= The capital in shadow, the Ladle appears in the middle of the sun. He will meet a lord of Yi. Good fortune.
========= The capital under a veil, stars appear in the middle of the sun. He will break his right bow. No harm will come.
===   === The capital in shadow, the Ladle appears in the middle of the sun. One who takes a journey will get the doubting disease. There will be captives, as if commencing. Good fortune.
========= He will meet his noble counterpart. For a cycle of ten days at least, no harm will come. To go on a journey will be rewarded.