需 · 待
Judgement
有孚，光亨，贞吉，利涉大川。
Sincerity in the highest: brilliance and success, steadfastness and good fortune. It furthers one to cross the great water.
The Image
云上于天，需。君子以饮食宴乐。
Clouds rise in the sky: waiting. So the superior man eats and drinks in joy.
The Lines
需于郊，利用恒，无咎。
Waiting in the meadow. It furthers one to endure; no blame.
“需于郊”，不犯难行也；“利用恒，无咎”，未失常也。
Waiting in the meadow: he does not walk into difficulty; to endure is no loss of the constant.
需于沙，小有言；终吉。
Waiting on the sand. Small words; the end is good fortune.
“需于沙”，衍在中也；虽“小有言”，以“吉”“终”也。
Waiting on the sand: ease dwells within; though there are small words, the end is auspicious.
需于泥，致寇至。
Waiting in the mud brings the robber on.
“需于泥”，灾在外也；自我“致寇”，敬慎不败也。
Waiting in the mud: the calamity is outside; the robber comes of my own doing — respect and care, and there is no defeat.
需于血，出自穴。
Waiting in blood — come out of the cave.
“需于血”，顺以听也。
Waiting in blood: obedience and listening.
需于酒食，贞吉。
Waiting with wine and food. Steadfastness is auspicious.
“酒食，贞吉”，以中正也。
Wine, food, and steadfastness: centrality and correctness.
入于穴，有不速之客三人来；敬之，终吉。
One falls into the pit; three uninvited guests arrive. Treat them with respect; the end is good fortune.
“不速之客”来，“敬之，终吉”，虽不当位，未大失也。
The uninvited guests come; respect them and the end is auspicious. Though the place is not right, nothing great is lost.
Reading
云已聚，雨未下。等待是动的：卦辞让等待的人站在旷野里，有吃有住，因为危险不在迟，而在迟所养出的脾气。涉大川，要等水真的可以涉的时候。