恒 · 久
Judgement
亨，无咎，利贞，利有攸往。
Success. No blame. Furthered by steadfastness. It furthers one to have somewhere to go.
The Image
雷风，恒。君子以立不易方。
Thunder and wind: duration. So the superior man stands firm and does not change his course.
The Lines
浚恒，贞凶，无攸利。
Digging for duration: steadfastness is ill; nothing furthers.
“浚恒”之“凶”，始求深也。
Digging for duration is ill: at the start he seeks depth.
悔亡。
Regret passes.
九二“悔亡”，能久中也。
The second’s regret passing: he can long hold the middle.
不恒其德，或承之羞；贞吝。
Not keeping his virtue constant; perhaps he bears the shame. Steadfastness is pitiable.
“不恒其德”，无所容也。
Not keeping his virtue constant: there is no room for it.
田无禽。
No game in the field.
久非其位，安得禽也？
Long in the wrong place: how could he catch game?
恒其德，贞；妇人吉，夫子凶。
Keeping her virtue constant: for the woman, auspicious; for the man, ill.
“妇人”贞吉，从一而终也。“夫子”制义，从妇凶也。
The woman’s steadfastness is auspicious: she follows one to the end. The man sets the measure; to follow the woman is ill.
振恒，凶。
Constant to the point of disturbance. Ill.
“振恒”在上，大无功也。
Constant to disturbance at the top: great lack of merit.
Reading
雷与风相养。久不是勉力的持续，是形态的持续——此卦不取英雄，取常行。所警的是在错处的久：抱久的错，不会因年头久了而变好。