剥 · 落
Judgement
不利有攸往。
It does not further one to have somewhere to go.
The Image
山附于地，剥。上以厚下安宅。
The mountain rests on the earth: splitting apart. Those above give generously to those below to ensure their repose.
The Lines
剥床以足，蔑贞；凶。
The bed splits to its legs; steadfastness is destroyed. Ill.
“剥床以足”，以灭下也。
The bed splits to its legs: it destroys the base.
剥床以辨，蔑贞凶。
The bed splits to its edge; steadfastness is destroyed. Ill.
“剥床以辨”，未有与也。
The bed splits to its edge: none yet stand with him.
剥之，无咎。
He splits it: no blame.
“剥之，无咎”，失上下也。
He splits it, no blame: he loses those above and below.
剥床以肤，凶。
The bed splits to the skin. Ill.
“剥床以肤”，切近灾也。
The bed splits to the skin: the calamity cuts close.
贯鱼以宫人宠，无不利。
A string of fish, the palace women favoured; nothing unfurthered.
“以宫人宠”，终无尤也。
Favouring the palace women: in the end no fault.
硕果不食，君子得舆，小人剥庐。
The great fruit is uneaten; the superior man gains the wagon, the small man splits the hut.
“君子得舆”，民所载也；“小人剥庐”，终不可用也。
The superior man gains the wagon: the people carry him. The small man splits the hut: in the end he cannot be used.
Reading
山蚀入原野。此卦被有意剥去了安慰：剥是真的，损是一爻一爻数着的。唯一一条指令讲站位——上方都在走的时候，有床可卧的地方在低处。