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XXIV. The Fû Hexagram.

Fû indicates that there will be free course and progress (in what it denotes). (The subject of it) finds no one to distress him in his exits and entrances; friends come to him, and no error is committed. He will return and repeat his (proper) course. In seven days comes his return. There will be advantage in whatever direction movement is made.

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The first line, undivided, shows its subject returning (from an error) of no great extent, which would not proceed to anything requiring repentance. There will be great good fortune.

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The second line, divided, shows the admirable return (of its subject). There will be good fortune.

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The third line, divided, shows one who has made repeated returns. The position is perilous, but there will be no error.

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The fourth line, divided, shows its subject moving right in the centre (among those represented by the other divided lines), and yet returning alone (to his proper path).

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The fifth line, divided, shows the noble return of its subject. There will be no ground for repentance.

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The topmost line, divided, shows its subject all astray on the subject of returning. There will be evil. There will be calamities and errors. If with his views he put the hosts in motion, the end will be a great defeat, whose issues will extend to the ruler of the state. Even in ten years he will not be able to repair the disaster.

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Chinese text from Chinese Wikisource (zh.wikisource.org), transcribed by Wikisource volunteers. Public domain. · Source ↗

James Legge's translation (1882). English is given for hexagrams 1–31 only; hexagrams 32–64 are shown in Chinese. Words in parentheses are Legge's additions.

Translated by James Legge, The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part II: The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. 16 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882). Public domain. Transcribed and proofread from the scan by English Wikisource volunteers. · Source ↗

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