01 / THE EARLY TEXT
The words themselves.
An interpretive English translation. Read the translation notes. Six and nine name line types; positions run from bottom to top.
大過：棟橈，利有攸往，亨。
Da Guo: The ridgepole bends. Favorable to have somewhere to go. Success.
初六：藉用白茅，无咎。
Six at the beginning: Laying down white thatch as a mat. No blame.
九二：枯楊生稊，老夫得其女妻，无不利。
Nine in the second place: A withered willow puts out shoots. An old man takes a young wife. Nothing is unfavorable.
九三：棟橈，凶。
Nine in the third place: The ridgepole bends. Inauspicious.
九四：棟隆，吉。有它吝。
Nine in the fourth place: The ridgepole is raised. Auspicious. Another complication brings distress.
九五：枯楊生華，老婦得其士夫，无咎无譽。
Nine in the fifth place: A withered willow flowers. An old woman takes a young husband. Neither blame nor praise.
上六：過涉滅頂，凶，无咎。
Six at the top: Wading across, the water passes over the head. Inauspicious, but no blame.
02 / A POSSIBLE CONTEXT
What might the question have been?
A roof beam is bending. Is it possible to move, repair the structure, or use unusual measures in an emergency?
A possible setting
A building or group is under exceptional strain. Old and young partners, a withered willow sprouting, and a person submerged during a crossing all exceed an ordinary condition in different ways.
How the words respond
The judgment names a bending beam but still favors having somewhere to go. The lines distinguish a willow's new shoots from its flowers, and a bending beam from one raised securely. The last line separates an adverse outcome from blame when a crossing goes disastrously wrong.
The text considers the consequences of exceptional loads and actions. The judgment favors movement; the river-crossing image occurs in the final line.
This scenario adapts the Chinese edition's historical reading. It is a possible reconstruction, not an established single event or the only interpretation.