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Zhou Yi, the Book of Changes, contents

10. 履 Lǚ, Treading

履:履虎尾,不咥人,亨。

彖曰:履,柔履剛也。說而應乎乾,是以履虎尾,不咥人,亨。剛中正,履帝位而不疚,光明也。

象曰:上天下澤,履;君子以辯上下,定民志。

初九:素履,往無咎。

象曰:素履之往,獨行願也。

九二:履道坦坦,幽人貞吉。

象曰:幽人貞吉,中不自亂也。

六三:眇能視,跛能履,履虎尾,咥人,凶。武人為于大君。

象曰:眇能視;不足以有明也。跛能履;不足以與行也。咥人之凶;位不當也。

武人為于大君;志剛也。

九四:履虎尾,愬愬,終吉。

象曰:愬愬終吉,志行也。

九五:夬履,貞厲。

象曰:夬履貞厲,位正當也。

上九:視履考祥,其旋元吉。

象曰:元吉在上,大有慶也。

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