Hexagram 40
雷水解
Deliverance
Upper Trigram
☳
震 (木)
Lower Trigram
☵
坎 (水)
Palace
震 Palace
Shi / Ying Lines
Shi: Line 2 · Ying: Line 5
The 震 trigram (木) sits above the 坎 trigram (水), forming 雷水解. This hexagram belongs to the 震 Palace.
Judgment (卦辞)
Deliverance. The southwest furthers.
Image (象辞)
Thunder and rain set in: the image of Deliverance.
Line Texts (爻辞)
Line 1
Without blame. (无咎)
Line 2
One kills three foxes in the field. Receives a yellow arrow. (田获三狐)
Line 3
If a man carries a burden and rides in a carriage. (负且乘)
Line 4
Deliver yourself from your great toe. The companion comes. (解而拇)
Line 5
If only the superior man can deliver himself. (君子维有解)
Line 6
The prince shoots at a hawk on a high wall. (公用射隼)