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Hexagram 38 · Kuí ䷥
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睽：小事吉。
初九：悔亡，喪馬勿逐，自復；見惡人无咎。
九二：遇主于巷，无咎。
六三：見輿曳，其牛𧤊，其人天且劓，无初有終。
九四：睽孤，遇元夫，交孚，厲无咎。
六五：悔亡，厥宗噬膚，往何咎。
上九：睽孤，見豕負涂，載鬼一車，先張之弧，後說之弧，匪寇婚媾，往遇雨則吉。
彖曰：睽，火動而上，澤動而下；二女同居，其志不同行；說而麗乎明，柔進而上行，得中而應乎剛；是以小事吉。天地睽，而其事同也；男女睽，而其志通也；萬物睽，而其事類也；睽之時用大矣哉！
象曰：上火下澤，睽；君子以同而異。
見惡人，以辟咎也。
遇主于巷，未失道也。
見輿曳，位不當也。无初有終，遇剛也。
交孚无咎，志行也。
厥宗噬膚，往有慶也。
遇雨之吉，群疑亡也。
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the classical Chinese, passage for passage, covering all 64 hexagrams with their judgments, line statements and attached commentaries, and the remaining Wings (the Great Commentary, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the Sequence and the Contrasts of the Hexagrams), 1,204 passages in all.
Kui (Opposition): in small matters, good fortune.
Nine at the beginning: Regret vanishes. The horse is lost — do not chase it; it will come back of itself. Meet with ill-natured people: no blame.
Nine in the second place: One meets one's lord in a byway — no blame.
Six in the third place: One sees a wagon hauled back, its ox dragged aside; the man is branded on the forehead and his nose cut off — no beginning, but there is an end.
Nine in the fourth place: Alone amid opposition, he meets a man of worth; they place trust in each other. Danger, yet no blame.
Six in the fifth place: Regret vanishes. His kindred bite through the skin — in going forward, what blame could there be?
Nine at the top: Alone amid opposition, he sees a pig plastered with mud, a cart loaded full of ghosts; first he bends his bow, then he lays it aside. They are not robbers — it is a marriage suit. Going on, he meets with rain, and there is good fortune.
The Judgment Commentary says: In Kui (Opposition) fire stirs upward and the lake stirs downward; two daughters live in one house, yet their wills do not move together. Joyousness leans upon the light; the yielding advances and moves upward, holds the center, and answers to the firm — therefore in small matters there is good fortune. Heaven and earth stand opposed, yet what they do is one; man and woman stand opposed, yet their wills reach each other; the ten thousand things stand opposed, yet what they do is akin: great indeed is the use of Opposition in its hour!
The Image Commentary says: Fire above, lake below: Kui. Thus the noble person is one with others and yet different.
He meets with ill-natured people so as to ward off blame.
Meeting the lord in a byway: the way is not lost.
The wagon is hauled back: the place it holds is not its right place. There is no beginning, yet there is an end, for he meets with the firm.
Mutual trust, and no blame: the will is carried out.
His kindred bite through the skin: in going forward there is blessing.
The good fortune of meeting rain: the crowd of doubts vanish.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the classical Chinese, covering all 64 hexagrams with their judgments, line statements and attached commentaries, and the remaining Wings (the Great Commentary, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the Sequence and the Contrasts of the Hexagrams), 1,204 passages in all.
Kui (Opposition): Good fortune in small matters.
Nine at the beginning: Regret disappears. Do not chase a lost horse; it will return on its own. Meeting a bad person brings no blame.
Nine in the second place: Meeting the master in an alley brings no blame.
Six in the third place: He sees a cart dragged back, its ox restrained, and its driver punished by branding his forehead and cutting off his nose. There is no good beginning, but there is an end.
Nine in the fourth place: Isolated by opposition, he meets a strong man. They trust each other. There is danger, but no blame.
Six in the fifth place: Regret disappears. His kinsman bites through the skin. What blame could there be in going forward?
Nine at the top: Isolated by opposition, he sees a pig covered in mud and a whole cart full of ghosts. At first he draws his bow against them; later he puts it aside. They are not robbers but people coming for a marriage. Go forward and meet the rain, and there is good fortune.
The Judgment Commentary says: In Kui (Opposition), fire moves upward and the lake moves downward. Two women live together, but their aims lead in different directions. Joy is joined to brightness. The yielding advances upward, takes the middle position, and responds to the firm. So small matters bring good fortune. Heaven and earth oppose each other, yet their work is shared. Women and men differ, yet their aims communicate. All things differ, yet their activities have patterns in common. How great is the use of opposition in its proper time!
The Image Commentary says: Fire above, lake below: this is Kui (Opposition). So the noble person shares common ground while remaining different.
Meeting a bad person is a way to avoid blame.
Meeting the master in an alley means he has not lost his way.
Seeing the cart dragged back means the position is not appropriate. “There is no good beginning, but there is an end” means meeting the firm.
Mutual trust brings no blame because one's purpose can be carried out.
His kinsman bites through the skin: going forward brings a blessing.
Meeting the rain brings good fortune because all the doubts disappear.