雷风恒Héng · Long Lasting
震上 · 巽下Thunder over Wind
卦辞The Judgement
恒：亨，无咎，利贞，利有攸往。Héng. Prosperous and smooth. No fault. Favorable to be steadfast and upright. Favorable to have somewhere to go.
贵在恒久、坚持、不变。巽风在下属木居东南，震雷在上属木居东方——风雷同属木，雷借风传声，风借雷增势。木木比和，二木成林，是最稳定的组合。无论是事业还是关系——能不能持续，比能不能开始更重要。守住初心、坚持方向，不要见异思迁、半途而废。
The whole value here is in endurance, persistence, constancy. The lower trigram Xùn is Wind, in the southeast; the upper trigram Zhèn is Thunder, in the east — wind and thunder are both Wood: thunder borrows the wind to carry its sound, wind borrows the thunder to gain its force. Wood harmonizing with Wood, two woods making a grove — the most stable combination of all. Whether in work or in a relationship — whether it can last matters more than whether it can begin. Hold to your original intent, keep to your direction; don't be tempted away, don't quit halfway.
大象The Image
《象》曰：雷风，恒；君子以立不易方。Thunder and wind together: the image of Duration. The noble one, accordingly, stands firm and does not change his course.
六爻The Six Lines
初六，浚恒，贞凶，无攸利。Seeking constancy too deeply. Steadfastness: misfortune. Nothing is favorable.
一开始就要求太深、太多、太急——巽风初爻，风刚吹起来就往深里钻——根还没扎稳就想深耕，过度索取会破坏关系。要慢慢来、循序渐进，不能一上来就要求一切。
Demanding too much, too deeply, too fast at the very beginning — Xùn's Wind, first line, the wind boring deep the moment it starts to blow — wanting to till deep before the roots are even set — over-asking will break the relationship. Go slowly, build by degrees; you can't demand everything at the start.
九二，悔亡。Regret vanishes.
保持中正——巽木居中，风最柔最稳——不偏不倚地吹，悔意自然消散，不偏不倚地坚持下去，曾经的悔意会消失。能久持中道的人，最终都会被认可。
Keep to the center — Xùn's Wood centered, the wind at its softest and steadiest — blowing evenly, the regret dissolving on its own — hold the middle course steadily, and what regret there was dissolves. Those who can stay centered over the long run are recognized in the end.
九三，不恒其德，或承之羞；贞吝。Not lasting in one's virtue; one may meet with disgrace. Steadfastness: humiliation.
不能恒久地保持品德或承诺——巽风到三爻，风向乱变——一会儿东一会儿西，谁都看不起，朝三暮四的人会不断遭受羞辱。坚守不住的人，命运也不会稳定。
Unable to hold character or commitments steady — Xùn's Wind at the third line, the direction shifting wildly — east one moment, west the next, and no one respects it — the fickle person meets one humiliation after another. One who can't hold his ground will find his fortunes never settle either.
九四，田无禽。In the field, no game.
在错的位置上做错的事——震雷初爻，雷打到空地上——没有猎物，白费力气，再努力也是徒劳（田无禽）。先确认自己是否在对的位置，再谈坚持。
Doing the wrong thing in the wrong position — Zhèn's Thunder, first line, the thunder striking empty ground — no quarry, the effort wasted — all the effort comes to nothing (no game in the field). Confirm first whether you're in the right place; only then talk about persisting.
六五，恒其德，贞；妇人吉，夫子凶。Lasting in one's virtue, steadfast. For the wife: good fortune. For the husband: misfortune.
守住自己的德行——震雷居中，雷声恒定——对温柔的人是好，对刚硬的人未必，对女性来说是好事（一心一意），对男性来说不一定（缺乏开拓）。要看具体处境而定。
Holding your own virtue constant — Zhèn's Thunder centered, the thunder steady — good for the gentle one, not necessarily for the hard — good for the more yielding role (single-minded devotion), not necessarily for the one who must lead and break new ground. It depends on your particular situation.
上六，振恒，凶。Constancy in agitation. Misfortune.
在最高位置上还折腾不止——震雷到极处，雷声不断但已经是空响了——最顶上的雷，响得最久也最没用，最终一定失败。坐到顶上还不停摆动的人，根基就不稳。
Thrashing about restlessly even at the very top — Zhèn's Thunder at its extreme, rumbling on but now an empty sound — the topmost thunder rolls longest and to least effect — it ends in failure. One who keeps swaying after reaching the summit has no firm foundation.