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Hexagram 46 · Shēng ䷭
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升：元亨，用見大人，勿恤，南征吉。
初六：允升，大吉。
九二：孚乃利用禴，无咎。
九三：升虛邑。
六四：王用享于岐山，吉无咎。
六五：貞吉，升階。
上六：冥升，利于不息之貞。
彖曰：柔以時升，巽而順，剛中而應，是以大亨。用見大人，勿恤；有慶也。南征吉，志行也。
象曰：地中生木，升；君子以順德，積小以高大。
允升大吉，上合志也。
九二之孚，有喜也。
升虛邑，无所疑也。
王用亨于岐山，順事也。
貞吉升階，大得志也。
冥升在上，消不富也。
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.
Sheng (Ascending): Supreme success. Go to see the great person; do not worry. Marching south brings good fortune.
Six at the beginning: Ascending with trust. Great good fortune.
Nine in the second place: With sincerity, it is favorable to offer the summer sacrifice. No blame.
Nine in the third place: Ascending into an empty city.
Six in the fourth place: The king makes offerings on Mount Qi. Good fortune and no blame.
Six in the fifth place: Steadfastness brings good fortune. Ascend the steps.
Six at the top: Ascending in darkness. Unceasing steadfastness is favorable.
The Judgment Commentary says: The yielding ascends at the proper time, gentle and obedient; firmness at the center receives a response. Thus there is great success. “Go to see the great person; do not worry”: there is celebration. “Marching south brings good fortune”: the will goes forward.
The Image Commentary says: Wood grows within the earth: Sheng. Thus the noble person obeys virtue, accumulating small things until they become high and great.
Ascending with trust brings great good fortune: the will accords with what is above.
The sincerity of the second nine brings joy.
Ascending into an empty city: there is nothing to doubt.
The king makes offerings on Mount Qi: he obediently serves.
Steadfast good fortune in ascending the steps: the will finds great fulfillment.
Ascending in darkness at the top: waning, not prospering.
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.
Sheng (Rising): Supreme success. See the great person; do not worry. Going south brings good fortune.
Six at the beginning: Rising with confidence brings great good fortune.
Nine in the second place: With sincerity, it is favorable to make a simple spring sacrifice. No blame.
Nine in the third place: Rising into an empty town.
Six in the fourth place: The king makes an offering at Mount Qi. Good fortune and no blame.
Six in the fifth place: Staying the course brings good fortune. Rise up the steps.
Six at the top: Rising in the dark. It is favorable to stay steadily on a course that never stops.
The Judgment Commentary says: The yielding rises at the right time. It is gentle and compliant, and the firm in the middle finds a response. So there is great success. See the great person and do not worry; there will be a blessing. Going south brings good fortune because the aim is fulfilled.
The Image Commentary says: Wood grows within the earth: this is Sheng (Rising). So the noble person follows virtue, piling up small things to make something high and great.
Rising with confidence brings great good fortune because the purpose agrees with what is above.
The sincerity of the nine in the second place brings joy.
Rising into an empty town leaves no grounds for doubt.
The king makes an offering at Mount Qi: he carries out the matter obediently.
Staying the course brings good fortune as one rises up the steps: the aim is fully achieved.
Rising in the dark at the top means wasting away without becoming prosperous.