风泽中孚Zhōng Fú · Inner Truth
巽上 · 兑下Wind over Lake
卦辞The Judgement
中孚：豚鱼吉，利涉大川，利贞。Zhōng Fú. Pigs and fishes — good fortune. Favorable to cross great rivers. Favorable to be steadfast and upright.
重在内心的诚信。巽木在上属木居东南——泽上有风，风吹过水面，水起波纹回应风。金克木，泽（金）克风（木），但这里的克是感应——风吹水动，真诚的互动不需要言语。真诚发自内心、贯穿言行——能感动他人、能化解矛盾、能成就大事。不需要技巧——纯粹的真心就是力量。
The whole weight is on inner sincerity. the upper trigram Xùn is Wood, element Wood, in the southeast — wind above the lake, blowing across the water, and the water rises in ripples to answer the wind. Metal checks Wood, the lake (Metal) checking the wind (Wood); but here the checking is resonance — wind stirs water, and a true exchange needs no words. Truthfulness from the heart, carried through in word and deed — it moves people, it dissolves conflict, it carries great work through. There is no need for technique — pure honest will is the strength itself.
大象The Image
《象》曰：泽上有风，中孚；君子以议狱缓死。Wind above the lake: the image of Inner Truth. The noble one, accordingly, deliberates over legal cases and stays the death penalty.
六爻The Six Lines
初九，虞吉，有它不燕。With ease and confidence: good fortune. Seeking something else: no peace.
做好准备、谨慎选择——，吉。但有其他干扰会不安。专一守心，才能稳。
Doing the necessary preparation, choosing carefully — good fortune. But other distractions break the calm. Single-heartedness brings steadiness.
九二，鸣鹤在阴，其子和之；我有好爵，吾与尔靡之。A crane calling from a hidden place. Its young respond. "I have good wine — let us share it together."
鹤鸟在阴暗处叫，幼鸟应和——，分享美酒，与你一起品尝。真诚的连接不需要张扬，自有回应。
A call made quietly still finds its answer. A real bond doesn't need to be shown; it speaks for itself.
六三，得敌，或鼓或罢，或泣或歌。Confronts an adversary. Now drumming, now resting; now weeping, now singing.
遇到对手——，有人鼓有人罢、有人哭有人歌——情绪起伏不定。这种状态下要稳住自己。
Meeting a rival — some drum, some quit; some weep, some sing — emotions all over. In this state, hold yourself steady.
六四，月几望，马匹亡，无咎。The moon is nearly full. The pair of horses, one lost. No fault.
月亮快圆了（接近圆满）——巽风初爻，风刚起，失去搭档但没事。该独立的时候要敢于独立。
The moon is almost full (nearing perfection) — Xùn's Wind, first line, the wind just rising — losing a partner, but no fault. When the moment calls for going on alone, dare to go on alone.
九五，有孚挛如，无咎。Innermost sincerity links another, hand in hand. No fault.
用真诚紧紧相连——巽风居中，风力最柔最广，没有过失。这种发自内心的信任最稳固。
Sincerity binding people tight, hand in hand — Xùn's Wind centered, the wind at its softest and widest — no fault. The trust that comes from a true heart is the most lasting bond.
上九，翰音登于天，贞凶。A cock's crow rises to Heaven. Steadfastness: misfortune.
鸡飞上天还在叫——巽风到极处，风飘了，空有声音没有实质。守正都凶——华而不实终不能持久。
The cock has flown into the sky still crowing — Xùn's Wind at its extreme, the wind drifting off — sound without substance. Even holding firm cannot help — show without depth cannot last.