Hexagram 40
解 Xiè
Deliverance
震
Zhen — Arousing
Thunder · Eldest Son
坎
Kan — Abysmal
Water · Middle Son
Deliverance. The southwest furthers. If there is no longer anything where one has to go, return brings good fortune. If there is still something where one has to go, hastening brings good fortune.
Thunder and rain set in: the image of Deliverance. Thus the superior person pardons mistakes and forgives misdeeds.
Without blame.
One kills three foxes in the field and receives a yellow arrow. Perseverance brings good fortune.
If a person carries a burden on their back and nonetheless rides in a carriage, they thereby encourage robbers to draw near. Perseverance leads to humiliation.
Deliver yourself from your great toe. Then the companion comes, and in them you can trust.
If only the superior person can deliver themselves, good fortune. Thus they prove to inferior people that they are in earnest.
The prince shoots at a hawk on a high wall. They kill it. Everything serves to further.