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HEXAGRAM 59 / LOWER CANON

渙 Huàn

Dispersal

Rescue and renewed assembly · Scattering and regrouping

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.

  1. 渙:亨。王假有廟,利涉大川,利貞。

    Huan: Success. The king comes to the temple. Favorable to cross the great river. A favorable determination.

  2. 初六:用拯馬壯,吉。

    Six at the beginning: Using a strong horse for rescue. Auspicious.

  3. 九二:渙奔其机,悔亡。

    Nine in the second place: Amid dispersal, running to a support. Regret disappears.

  4. 六三:渙其躬,无悔。

    Six in the third place: Dispersing one's own concerns. No regret.

  5. 六四:渙其群,元吉。渙有丘,匪夷所思。

    Six in the fourth place: Dispersing one's group. Great good fortune. Dispersal brings a great gathering, beyond ordinary expectation.

  6. 九五:渙汗其大號,渙王居,无咎。

    Nine in the fifth place: Spreading the great proclamation like sweat. Dispersing the king's stores. No blame.

  7. 上九:渙其血,去逖出,无咎。

    Nine at the top: Dispersing bloodshed, departing far away. No blame.

02 / A POSSIBLE CONTEXT

What might the question have been?

After a flood, defeat, or dispersal, how can people be rescued and brought together again?

A possible setting

People and horses scatter; the king goes to the temple. Strong horses support rescue, while people leave a place, a group, or danger and a great command is issued.

How the words respond

The judgment favors crossing the river. A strong horse aids rescue. Subsequent lines disperse personal concerns and smaller groups. The fifth issues a great proclamation, and the last moves away from bloodshed and danger.

READING THREAD

Dispersal can destroy a group or release it from danger. Regrouping depends on the situation.

This scenario adapts the Chinese edition's historical reading. It is a possible reconstruction, not an established single event or the only interpretation.