解 · 缓
Judgement
利西南。无所往，其来复吉。有攸往，夙吉。
It furthers one to the southwest. If there is nowhere to go, returning is auspicious; if there is somewhere to go, early is auspicious.
The Image
雷雨作，解。君子以赦过宥罪。
Thunder and rain stir: deliverance. So the former kings pardoned the guilty on the day of deliverance.
The Lines
无咎。
No blame.
刚柔之际，义“无咎”也。
Hard and soft meeting: by meaning, no blame.
田获三狐，得黄矢；贞吉。
The field catches three foxes, gains the yellow arrow; steadfastness is auspicious.
九二“贞吉”，得中道也。
The second’s steadfastness is auspicious: he gains the middle way.
负且乘，致寇至，贞吝。
Bearing a load yet riding; it brings the robber on. Steadfastness is pitiable.
“负且乘”，亦可丑也；自我致戎，又谁咎也？
Bearing a load yet riding: also shameful. The robber comes of myself — who else is to blame?
解而拇，朋至斯孚。
Loosen your big toe; friends come and trust you.
“解而拇”，未当位也。
Loosening the big toe: not yet in the right place.
君子维有解，吉，有孚于小人。
Only the superior man is delivered. Good fortune; he has sincerity toward the small man.
“君子”“有解”，小人退也。
The superior man is delivered: the small man withdraws.
公用射隼于高墉之上，获之，无不利。
The prince shoots the hawk on the high wall and takes it; nothing unfurthered.
“公用射隼”，以解悖也。
The prince shoots the hawk: he resolves the perversity.
Reading
雷雨破阻。缓是随着天气来的，不是随着道理来的——张力泄掉，因为那场雨落过了。经文把缓与一桩义务配对：宽释残余的怨，并在大家忘了之前回到常任上去。