Jin · Progress

Judgment

康侯用锡马蕃庶，昼日三接。

Like a prosperous lord presented with many horses, received in audience three times in a single day.

The Chinese above is the received classical text. The English below it is a plain-language rendering written for this site — not a scholarly translation. The classical wording is terse and genuinely open to more than one reading, so where interpretations diverge we follow the mainstream one.

The Image (Da Xiang)

明出地上，晋，君子以自昭明德。

光明从地面升起，这是晋卦，晋升上进的卦象，君子应当主动彰显自身光明的德行。

The Six Lines

• First line晋如摧如，贞吉；罔孚，裕无咎。初六 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Second line晋如愁如，贞吉；受兹介福，于其王母。六二 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Third line众允，悔亡。六三 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Fourth line晋如硕鼠，贞厉。九四 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Fifth line悔亡，失得勿恤，往吉，无不利。六五 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Top line晋其角，维用伐邑，厉吉，无咎；贞吝。上九 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.

Modern Interpretive Reference

Quality: Auspicious

Tendency: Progress; rising visibility like the morning sun.

Guidance: Let genuine merit show itself. Recognition follows substance.

This section is editorial reflection written for this site, not classical commentary. Hexagram qualities are not fixed outcomes — context and response matter more than the label. For cultural reflection only; not a basis for any decision.