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The I Ching, Legge tr.

The I Ching, Legge tr.: The Yî King Text: Section I...

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This is a classical Chinese divination text — a passage from the *I Ching* (Book of Changes) — presenting Hexagram 16 (Yü), along with its traditional commentary. The hexagram represents a condition of harmony, contentment, and joyful obedience throughout a kingdom, a state auspicious enough for military campaigns and political appointments. The core of the commentary explains each of the six lines in terms of how different figures — ministers, rulers, subjects — relate to this condition of pleasure: some are cautioned against boastfulness or passive dependence, while one strong minister (line 4) is identified as the source of the general harmony and urged only to maintain self-confidence. The fifth line's portrayal of a ruler who is weak, pleasure-prone, and overshadowed by his own minister is particularly notable, suggesting a chronic fragility that stops short of outright catastrophe. Even the topmost line, describing someone nearly lost in self-indulgent darkness, holds out the possibility of redemption through timely change. The text reflects the *I Ching*'s characteristic moral framework: fortune and misfortune hinge not on fate but on character, timing, and the willingness to correct one's course.

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