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☯️ 豫 (Yù) - Enthusiasm

Enthusiasm. It furthers one to install helpers and to set armies marching. - Thunder comes resounding out of the earth: the image of Enthusiasm. Thus the ancient kings made music in order to honor merit, and offered it with splendor to the Supreme Deity.

Verses: 7

Verses

Verse 1

豫,利建侯行師

yù, lì jiàn hóu xíng shī

Enthusiasm. It furthers one to install helpers and to set armies marching.

Verse 2

初六:鳴豫,凶

chū liù: míng yù, xiōng

Six at the beginning: Enthusiasm that expresses itself brings misfortune.

Verse 3

六二:介于石,不終日,貞吉

liù èr: jiè yú shí, bù zhōng rì, zhēn jí

Six in the second place: Firm as a rock. Not a whole day. Perseverance brings good fortune.

Verse 4

六三:盱豫悔,遲有悔

liù sān: xū yù huǐ, chí yǒu huǐ

Six in the third place: Enthusiasm that looks upward creates remorse. Hesitation brings remorse.

Verse 5

九四:由豫,大有得

jiǔ sì: yóu yù, dà yǒu dé

Nine in the fourth place: The source of enthusiasm. He achieves great things. Doubt not. You gather friends around you as a hair clasp gathers the hair.

Verse 6

六五:貞疾,恆不死

liù wǔ: zhēn jí, héng bù sǐ

Six in the fifth place: Persistently ill, and still does not die.

Verse 7

上六:冥豫,成有渝,無咎

shàng liù: míng yù, chéng yǒu yú, wú jiù

Six at the top: Deluded enthusiasm. But if after completion one changes, there is no blame.