Zhong Fu · Inner Truth

Judgment

豚鱼吉，利涉大川。

Even pigs and fishes are reached — good fortune. It is favourable to cross the great water.

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)

泽上有风，中孚，君子以议狱缓死。

泽上有风吹拂，风波入泽，感应而动，这是中孚卦，内心诚信的卦象，君子应当审慎议决刑狱，缓行死刑。

The Six Lines

• First line虞吉，有它不燕。初九 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Second line鸣鹤在阴，其子和之；我有好爵，吾与尔靡之。九二 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Third line得敌，或鼓或罢，或泣或歌。六三 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Fourth line月几望，马匹亡，无咎。六四 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Fifth line有孚挛如，无咎。九五 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.
• Top line翰音登于天，贞凶。上九 — classical Chinese line text. Translations vary substantially between traditions; consult a scholarly edition for depth.

Modern Interpretive Reference

Quality: Auspicious

Tendency: Inner truth; sincerity that reaches others without argument.

Guidance: Genuine integrity is what carries you through difficulty and moves other people.

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.