山雷颐Yí · Nourishing
艮上 · 震下Mountain over Thunder
卦辞The Judgement
颐：贞吉；观颐，自求口实。Yí. Steadfast and upright: good fortune. Observe how things are nourished, and seek your own food by your own means.
讲究“养”的智慧——养身、养心、养德、养人。震雷在下属木居东方，艮山在上属土居东北——山下有雷动，像嘴巴在咀嚼。木克土，但这里的木不是破坏土，而是从土里吸取养分——吃对了就养人，吃错了就伤身。要看你在用什么方式滋养自己（吃什么、读什么、交什么样的朋友、追求什么），也要看你能滋养多少人。
This is about the wisdom of "nourishment" — feeding the body, the heart, the character, and other people. The lower trigram Zhèn is Thunder, element Wood, in the east; the upper trigram Gèn is Mountain, element Earth, in the northeast — thunder stirring below the mountain, like a mouth chewing. Wood checks Earth, but here the wood doesn't destroy the earth — it draws nourishment up out of it: eat right and it feeds you, eat wrong and it harms you. Look at how you nourish yourself (what you eat, what you read, the friends you keep, what you pursue), and look at how many others you can nourish in turn.
大象The Image
《象》曰：山下有雷，颐；君子以慎言语，节饮食。Thunder beneath the mountain: the image of Nourishment. The noble one, accordingly, is careful of his speech and temperate in food and drink.
六爻The Six Lines
初九，舍尔灵龟，观我朵颐，凶。You cast aside your own sacred tortoise and watch me, mouth watering. Misfortune.
放着自己的好东西不用（神龟），却羡慕别人嘴里的——震木初爻，自己的根还没扎好就眼红别人的叶子，这种状态很糟糕。看清自己的价值，不要乱羡慕别人。
Leaving your own good thing unused (the sacred tortoise) while envying what's in someone else's mouth — Zhèn's Wood, first line — your own roots not yet set, and already eyeing another's leaves — a bad state. See your own worth clearly; don't go envying others.
六二，颠颐；拂经，于丘颐，征凶。Seeking nourishment upside down, against the norm; turning to the high hill for nourishment. Going forward: misfortune.
颠倒了滋养的方向——震木本该向上长，却低头向下去求土里的残渣，本该靠自己却依赖他人，本该向高处求却向低处求。这种错位会带来不好的结果。
The direction of nourishment is reversed — Zhèn's Wood should grow upward, yet it stoops to beg the dregs from the soil below — depending on others when you should rely on yourself, reaching low when you should reach high. This misalignment brings a bad result.
六三，拂颐；贞凶，十年勿用，无攸利。Seeking nourishment against the norm. Steadfastness: misfortune. For ten years, do not use it. Nothing is favorable.
用错误的方式滋养自己（暴饮暴食、沉迷不良习惯）——震木到三爻——乱吃乱喝，根都烂了，长期下去会出大问题。不能用、不能继续。
Nourishing yourself the wrong way — Zhèn's Wood at the third line — eating and drinking with no discipline, the roots all rotting — overeating, sinking into bad habits — leads, over time, to a serious problem. It can't be used, can't go on.
六四，颠颐，吉；虎视眈眈，其欲逐逐，无咎。Seeking nourishment upside down. Good fortune. A tiger's stare, intent and fixed; its desire, pressing and pursuing. No fault.
颠倒着接受滋养——艮山初爻——山上往下要食，像高位者虚心向下求教，表面上像是不正常，其实是对的。比如向年轻人学习、接受下属的建议——只要动机正、目的好，就没事。
Receiving nourishment in a seemingly upside-down way — Gèn's Mountain, first line — reaching down from the heights for food, like one in high place humbly seeking guidance from below — like learning from the young, or taking a subordinate's advice. As long as the motive is right and the aim is good, no problem.
六五，拂经；居贞吉，不可涉大川。Against the norm. Abide steadfast and upright: good fortune. Not fit to cross great rivers.
违背常规但守住正道——艮土居中——山稳住不动，虽然不太合常规，但底盘扎实，这种状态下不能冒险（不可涉大川）。能守住底盘就够了，不要扩张。
Going against convention but holding to the right path — Gèn's Earth centered — the mountain holds still and unmoving; unconventional, perhaps, but the base is solid — in this state, don't take risks (do not cross the great river). Holding your ground is enough; don't expand.
上九，由颐；厉吉，利涉大川。The source of nourishment. Adversity, then good fortune. Favorable to cross great rivers.
成为别人的滋养来源——艮山到极处——山顶的水源，流下来养了整座山，这是很高的位置。要知道这种责任重大，需要时刻警惕、不能松懈。但担起来，会有大福。
Becoming the source of nourishment for others — Gèn's Mountain at its extreme — the spring at the summit, flowing down to feed the whole mountain — a high position. Recognize the weight of that responsibility, stay alert at all times, never relax. But carry it well, and there is great blessing.