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Hexagram 40 · 雷水解
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Deliverance

震 · Thunder · 坎 · Water

解卦承蹇卦的险阻之后,雷雨发动、阻结开始松开。若已无事可救,回归常态;若真有急难,及早行动。解不是万事自动变好,还要辨出隐患、解除不当依附,并以宽宥与决断相配合。

Deliverance follows obstruction: thunder and rain loosen what was bound. If no urgent work remains, return to ordinary life. If someone still needs help, act early. The lines show release as practical work—expose hidden trouble, drop false attachments, restore trust and remove a final threat.

Original Chinese, independent English explanations and modern examples. Check the sources.保留经典原文,英文独立释读,生活例子单独说明。查看依据。

LESSON 40 · EVERYDAY I CHING

Release what has been holding you

第 40 课 · 生活里的卦意

A short bilingual narration with moving views of all six line images.

跟着双语讲解与逐爻画面,理解这一卦的生活处境。

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YiPhase · Today

In everyday life这一卦在生活中

A modern scene to help you recognize the situation. This is YiPhase's own example, separate from the classical text below.

用当代处境帮助理解卦意。以下为 YiPhase 独立编写的例子,与后面的经典原文分开。

A situation you may recognize一个可能熟悉的处境

After a violent storm floods a neighborhood, the water begins to drain. Some neighbors want to return to normal, while one blocked drain and a few hidden problems still need attention. The work now is to distinguish what can be released from what must be handled early.

暴雨过后,社区积水开始退去,风暴留下的结正在松开。有人想立刻回归日常,但一处堵塞的下水道和几处隐患仍需处理。此时的功课,是分辨哪些可以放下,哪些必须趁早动手,并在真正有急难时及早行动。

ASK YOURSELF想一想

What has already been released, and what still needs your prompt attention?

哪些事已经可以放下,哪些仍需你及早处理?

The Judgment

The Judgment卦辞

The original Chinese remains visible as the cultural source. The English translation and reading explain it without replacing it.

先保留经典中文,再提供英文直译与现代中文解释。英文用于理解,不替代原文。

《周易》经文 · Original Chinese
解:利西南,无所往,其來復吉。有攸往,夙吉。

Deliverance: favourable to the southwest. If there is nowhere to go, returning is auspicious. If there is somewhere to go, setting out early is auspicious.

Beginner’s reading

The southwest carries a classical image of reaching others, not a modern compass rule. The decisive distinction is whether work remains: return when the crisis has passed, but move promptly when a real need calls.

现代中文解说

“西南”在《彖传》中连于得众、施解于众,不宜当作今天每次出行的方向指令。没有待解之事就返常守中;真有急难则宜早去,不要等局势再坏。

Classical Commentary

Tuan Commentary & The Image彖传与大象

These classical commentaries are shown separately from the Zhouyi core text, so their textual role stays clear.

以下属于解释《周易》的经典传文,页面与卦辞分层展示,方便初学者看清文本来源。

彖曰 · Tuan Commentary
彖曰:解,險以動,動而免乎險,解。解利西南,往得眾也。其來復吉,乃得中也。有攸往夙吉,往有功也。天地解,而雷雨作,雷雨作,而百果草木皆甲坼,解之時義大矣哉!

《彖传》从险中发动、终于脱险解释“解”;雷雨一作,草木果实破壳而出。动有其时:该返则返,该救则早救。

The Tuan Commentary sees motion moving out of danger. Thunder and rain loosen the earth so shoots can break their coverings. Release has a season and a pace: rest when enough has been done, act early when help is still needed.

象曰 · The Image
象曰:雷雨作,解;君子以赦過宥罪。

Thunder and rain arise: Deliverance. A cultivated person pardons errors and shows clemency for wrongdoing.

雨后万物得舒展,做人也应给改过留空间。“赦过宥罪”有轻重分辨,不是毫无原则地放过一切。

As storm rain releases what was tight, leadership can make room for repair. Mercy distinguishes an error from a serious wrong; release is not the absence of judgment.

Six Changing Stages

Six Lines: Position and Change六爻:位置与变化

The first line simply clears blame. The second finds three hidden foxes and a straight yellow arrow. Displaying a burden from a cart then attracts danger; loosening the wrong tie makes room for a trusted friend. A fair leader eases conflict, and a final decisive act removes a hawk from the high wall.

初爻险解无咎;二爻田获三狐得黄矢,求出暗藏问题并守中直;三爻负且乘而招寇,四爻解其拇后朋友可信,五爻君子以德解难,末爻射高墉之隼以除残余悖乱。

初六
A traveler unties a wet rope and steadies a child stepping from shelter while stormwater begins to drain.
初六 · Line 1 · 无咎

无咎。

No blame.

刚脱离险难,柔弱之人也能得到喘息。此时不必再强加过失,先让绷紧的结松开。

The first safe step after a storm is enough. The knot begins to loosen, and there is no need to place fresh blame on those emerging from danger.

Let the first knot go
Picture this in daily life生活中的这一爻

After the storm, a neighbor unties a wet rope from the shelter railing and steadies a child stepping into the shallow water. No one adds blame for the mess. The first safe step is enough.

暴雨初歇,邻居解开避难棚栏杆上的湿绳,扶着一个孩子踩进浅浅的积水。没有人再为混乱添责。刚脱离险难,先得到喘息,便是无咎。

Ask yourself: Where would a gentler first step help?

想一想:哪里可以先松开一步,而不是追责?

九二
Exactly three foxes are held unharmed in a field net while a hunter holds one straight yellow arrow.
九二 · Line 2 · 得黃矢

田獲三狐,得黃矢,貞吉。

In the field capture three foxes; obtain a yellow arrow. Steadfastness is auspicious.

狐能潜藏,田获三狐是把暗处的扰乱找出来;黄取中、矢取直,是处理问题不偏不曲。图保留三狐与黄矢两件经文物象,不暗示鼓励伤害动物。

Three foxes stand for trouble that hides. The straight yellow arrow points to a centered, direct response: name the concealed problem without becoming crooked in the hunt for it.

Find a straight course
Picture this in daily life生活中的这一爻

In the muddy community field, a groundskeeper finds three foxes caught in a net. She frees them unharmed, then checks the fence with a straight yellow arrow marker. Naming the three hidden gaps keeps the repair centered.

在泥泞的社区田里,管理员发现三只狐狸被困网中。她把它们无损放走,又用一支笔直的黄色箭标检查围栏,标出三处暗藏的缺口。找出潜藏的扰乱,再用不偏不曲的方式处理。

Ask yourself: What hidden problem needs a centered, direct look?

想一想:哪个暗藏的问题需要用中正直接的方式看待?

六三
A cart passenger carries a large load on his shoulders while riding above exposed valuables as bandits approach.
六三 · Line 3 · 負且乘

負且乘,致寇至,貞吝。

Carrying a load while riding in a cart brings raiders; even persistence is shameful.

既乘车又夸张地背负财物,位置与举止不相称,惹人觊觎。爻意重在自省失当的显露和处事方式,不应拿来责备真正遭受侵害的人。

The rider's showy, mismatched posture calls attention to goods and invites trouble. The line criticizes poor judgment and display; it is not a rule for blaming victims of theft.

Do not advertise a weakness
Picture this in daily life生活中的这一爻

On a crowded bus, a rider piles a heavy load on his shoulders while sitting above an open bag of cash. His showy mismatch draws a pickpocket. The line faults his poor judgment and display—not the thief's wrong.

拥挤的公交车上,一名乘客把沉重包裹扛在肩上,又坐在敞开的现金袋上方。这种位置与举止不相称的张扬,引来了扒手。爻意责备的是失当显露,而不是把罪过推给受害者。

Ask yourself: Where am I showing more than the situation can safely carry?

想一想:我在哪里显露过多,超出了处境所能安全承载?

九四
An official frees a cord from his sandal's big toe as a trusted friend comes through the gate.
九四 · Line 4 · 解而拇

解而拇,朋至斯孚。

Release your big toe; then a friend arrives and trust becomes possible.

拇为大脚趾,古注把它比作不适当的贴附。先解掉牵住自己的人事关系或小结,真正可信的朋友才能到来。画面用脚上绳结取其直接意象。

The bound toe makes an unwanted attachment visible. Free the small hold that distorts your step, and a trustworthy companion can meet you without suspicion.

Free the wrong tie
Picture this in daily life生活中的这一爻

At the community center gate, a volunteer notices a cord knotted around his sandal's big toe, an old dependency that trips him. He cuts it. A trusted friend arrives through the gate, and their handshake is sincere.

在社区中心门口,一名志愿者发现一根细绳缠住自己凉鞋的大脚趾,那是不该再拖着的旧依附,害他走路绊脚。他割断细绳。一位可信的朋友正好走进门来,两人的握手坦诚无猜。

Ask yourself: What small attachment is keeping a trusted friend at the gate?

想一想:什么小小的纠缠,让可信的朋友停在门外?

六五
A fair leader lifts a gate bar to resolve a dispute as hostile men lower their sticks and neighbors watch.
六五 · Line 5 · 君子維有解

君子維有解,吉;有孚于小人。

A cultivated person brings release: auspicious; even lesser people come to trust it.

君子用公正的方式解开争端,先前制造难处的人也能感到可信而退让。《小象》说“小人退也”;这不等于没有边界的赦免。

A fair act of release changes the posture of people who had sustained the conflict. Their sticks lower because trust becomes possible; justice still has boundaries.

Release with fairness
Picture this in daily life生活中的这一爻

At a neighborhood meeting, the block captain lifts the bar on the locked courtyard gate to let both sides in. She hears the dispute fairly; the men who had raised sticks lower them. Trust grows, but rules still hold.

社区会议上,楼长抬起锁着的院门横杆,让争执双方都进来。她公正地听完争端,先前举棍的人放下了棍子。信任由此生长,但边界仍然保留。

Ask yourself: How can fairness make even opponents stand down?

想一想:公正的处理怎样让对手也愿意退让?

上六
A noble archer below a high town wall has taken aim at a predatory falcon, now held in a net on the parapet.
上六 · Line 6 · 獲之

公用射隼,于高墉之上,獲之,无不利。

A noble uses an arrow against a falcon atop a high wall and captures it; nothing is unfavourable.

隼据高墙,不在应处,古注以它比拟尚存的悖乱。到解的尽头,需要在时机成熟后有针对性地除去最后的危害;图以捕获而不见血表现经文动作。

The falcon on the high wall is the remaining danger. The noble's targeted action, after waiting for the right moment, completes the release. The illustration shows capture without spectacle.

Remove the last threat
Picture this in daily life生活中的这一爻

After the water recedes, a wildlife volunteer sees a predatory falcon trapped on the high wall of the old school. She waits for a safe moment, nets it on the parapet, and relocates it. The last danger is removed without spectacle.

积水退去后,野生动物志愿者看见一只猛隼困在旧学校的高墙上。她等到安全时机,在墙头用网捕获,再将它迁走。最后的危害被解除,不必张扬流血。

Ask yourself: What final threat needs a timely, targeted response?

想一想:哪个最后的危害,需要适时而有针对性地处理?

Cultural Phrases

Classic Chinese Phrases可延展的中文经典短句

Chinese carries the cultural identity; English makes the meaning accessible. These phrases can later inform cards, objects, and décor.

中文保留文化识别,英文负责解释。这些短句可作为未来卡牌、装饰与文创的文字基础,具体载体仍需单独设计。

其來復吉

无事可解时,回到平常节奏。

Return when the work is done.

夙吉

急难未解,及早行动。

Act early when help is needed.

Questions about this hexagram这一卦的常见问题

What does Hexagram 40, Deliverance, describe?第40卦描述什么处境?

Deliverance follows obstruction: thunder and rain loosen what was bound. If no urgent work remains, return to ordinary life. If someone still needs help, act early. The lines show release as practical work—expose hidden trouble, drop false attachments, restore trust and remove a final threat.

解卦承蹇卦的险阻之后,雷雨发动、阻结开始松开。若已无事可救,回归常态;若真有急难,及早行动。解不是万事自动变好,还要辨出隐患、解除不当依附,并以宽宥与决断相配合。

How should I read its six lines?应该怎样阅读这六爻?

Read from the bottom line upward. Each position describes a different stage or condition. The highlighted line-position diagrams on this study page locate the line being explained; they are not a personal cast or a prediction.

从下往上读,结合不同位置与处境理解。这里的高亮卦画只说明正在讲哪一爻,不是个人起卦或预测结果。