40. 解 Release (Deliverance)

解：利西南，无所往，其來復吉。有攸往，夙吉。

Jiě: Lì xī nán, wú suǒ wǎng, qí lái fù jí. Yǒu yōu wǎng, sù jí.

Favorable in the southwest. With nowhere to go, returning brings good fortune. With somewhere to go, going early brings good fortune.

解：利西南，无所往，其來復吉。有攸往，夙吉。

初六：无咎。

Chū liù: Wú jiù.

First line: No blame.

初六：无咎。

九二：田獲三狐，得黃矢，貞吉。

Jiǔ èr: Tián huò sān hú, dé huáng shǐ, zhēn jí.

Second line: In the field he catches three foxes and gains a yellow arrow. Perseverance brings good fortune.

九二：田獲三狐，得黃矢，貞吉。

六三：負且乘，致寇至，貞吝。

Liù sān: Fù qiě chéng, zhì kòu zhì, zhēn lìn.

Third line: Carrying a load while riding a carriage invites robbers. Perseverance brings humiliation.

六三：負且乘，致寇至，貞吝。

九四：解而拇，朋至斯孚。

Jiǔ sì: Jiě ér mǔ, péng zhì sī fú.

Fourth line: Free yourself from your big toe; then friends come, and there is trust.

九四：解而拇，朋至斯孚。

六五：君子維有解，吉；有孚于小人。

Liù wǔ: Jūn zǐ wéi yǒu jiě, jí; yǒu fú yú xiǎo rén.

Fifth line: Only the noble one can find release. Good fortune. He shows his sincerity even to petty people.

六五：君子維有解，吉；有孚于小人。

上六：公用射隼于高墉之上，獲之，无不利。

Shàng liù: Gōng yòng shè sǔn yú gāo yōng zhī shàng, huò zhī, wú bù lì.

Top line: The duke shoots a hawk on a high wall and hits it. Nothing unfavorable.

上六：公用射隼于高墉之上，獲之，无不利。