豫 · 悦
Judgement
利建侯，行师。
It furthers one to appoint helpers and to move the army.
The Image
雷出地奋，豫；先王以作乐崇德，殷荐之上帝，以配祖考。
Thunder bursts from the earth: enthusiasm. The former kings made music to honour virtue and offer it to the high gods, in company with their ancestors.
The Lines
鸣豫，凶。
Enthusiasm that cries out. Ill.
初六“鸣豫”，志穷“凶”也。
The first line’s crying enthusiasm: the will is exhausted — ill.
介于石，不终日，贞吉。
Firm as a rock; not waiting for the day’s end. Steadfastness is auspicious.
“不终日，贞吉”，以中正也。
Not waiting for the day’s end, steadfastness auspicious: centrality and correctness.
盱豫，悔。迟有悔。
Gazing up in enthusiasm: regret. Hesitating, and there is regret.
“盱豫”“有悔”，位不当也。
Gazing enthusiasm and its regret: the place is not right.
由豫，大有得；勿疑。朋盍簪。
From him enthusiasm; great gains. Doubt nothing; friends gather like hairpins.
“由豫，大有得”，志大行也。
From him enthusiasm and great gains: his will walks greatly.
贞疾，恒不死。
Steadfast illness that does not kill.
六五“贞疾”，乘刚也；“恒不死”，中未亡也。
The fifth line’s steadfast illness: it mounts the hard line. Not dying: the middle is not lost.
冥豫，成有渝，无咎。
Blind enthusiasm; if he changes, no blame.
“冥豫”在上，何可长也？
Blind enthusiasm at the top: how could that last?
Reading
雷破土而出，万物应和。悦是会传染的，两头都传染——卦辞把君上的乐与百姓的应排在一处。所警的是被指派的悦：排了期的乐，不再是乐。