38. 睽 Opposition (Divergence)

睽：小事吉。

Kuí: Xiǎo shì jí.

In small matters, good fortune.

睽：小事吉。

初九：悔亡，喪馬勿逐，自復；見惡人无咎。

Chū jiǔ: Huǐ wáng, sàng mǎ wù zhú, zì fù; jiàn è rén wú jiù.

First line: Regret vanishes. Lose your horse, do not chase it; it returns by itself. Meeting evil people: no blame.

初九：悔亡，喪馬勿逐，自復；見惡人无咎。

九二：遇主于巷，无咎。

Jiǔ èr: Yù zhǔ yú xiàng, wú jiù.

Second line: Meeting one's lord in a narrow lane. No blame.

九二：遇主于巷，无咎。

六三：見輿曳，其牛掣，其人天且劓，无初有終。

Liù sān: Jiàn yú yè, qí niú chè, qí rén tiān qiě yì, wú chū yǒu zhōng.

Third line: One sees the cart dragged back, the ox held fast, the man branded and his nose cut off. No good beginning, but a good end.

六三：見輿曳，其牛掣，其人天且劓，无初有終。

九四：睽孤，遇元夫，交孚，厲无咎。

Jiǔ sì: Kuí gū, yù yuán fū, jiāo fú, lì wú jiù.

Fourth line: Isolated by opposition, he meets a worthy man; they trust each other. Danger, no blame.

九四：睽孤，遇元夫，交孚，厲无咎。

六五：悔亡，厥宗噬膚，往何咎。

Liù wǔ: Huǐ wáng, jué zōng shì fū, wǎng hé jiù.

Fifth line: Regret vanishes. His kinsman bites through the skin. Going on, how could there be blame?

六五：悔亡，厥宗噬膚，往何咎。

上九：睽孤，見豕負塗，載鬼一車，先張之弧，後說之弧，匪寇婚媾，往遇雨則吉。

Shàng jiǔ: Kuí gū, jiàn shǐ fù tú, zài guǐ yī chē, xiān zhāng zhī hú, hòu shuō zhī hú, fěi kòu hūn gòu, wǎng yù yǔ zé jí.

Top line: Isolated by opposition, he sees a pig covered in mud, a cart full of ghosts. First he draws his bow, then lays it down. Not a robber — a suitor. Going on and meeting rain brings good fortune.

上九：睽孤，見豕負塗，載鬼一車，先張之弧，後說之弧，匪寇婚媾，往遇雨則吉。