上卦
乾 Qián
Heaven — Creative
下卦
震 Zhèn
Thunder — Arousing
经典文本
彖辞
Success through what is genuine and unforced. If your motives aren't straight, you'll encounter obstacles. Nothing good comes from ulterior purposes. The natural state—uncalculated, unmanipulated—is the only foundation for lasting success. Deviate from this and the deviation becomes your problem.
爻辞
第初爻
When your impulse is genuine, act on it. The original movement of an honest heart leads toward what's right. No second-guessing needed here.
第二爻
Work without calculating the harvest. Clear the ground without planning what you'll plant. When you act without scheming, everything you do furthers. Outcome-fixation is the enemy of good work.
第三爻
Undeserved disaster strikes. The tethered ox becomes someone else's gain. This happens—external misfortune that has nothing to do with your character. Don't mistake bad luck for punishment.
第四爻
Hold to what you are. What truly belongs to you cannot be lost even if you throw it away. Authenticity doesn't require protection; it requires expression. Stay with your own nature and ignore the noise.
第五爻
When illness comes from outside and doesn't take root in your character, let it pass without intervention. Don't make it worse by fighting it. Some problems solve themselves if you stop interfering.
第上爻
The wrong time for action, but you push anyway. When circumstances don't support progress, forcing movement leads nowhere good. Wait for the moment that matches your intention.
焦氏易林
焦延寿《易林》——第25卦本卦之辞。西汉时期以四言诗阐释卦变，为最早的系统性易学占辞集。
夏臺羑里，湯文厄處。皋陶聽理，岐人悅喜。西望華夏，東歸無咎。
夏臺羑里——商湯囚於夏臺，文王囚於羑里，皆無辜受難而終成大業。
阅读完整注释 ↓
夏臺羑里——商湯囚於夏臺，文王囚於羑里，皆無辜受難而終成大業。皋陶聽理——上古法官秉公審判——岐人悅喜。西望華夏，東歸無咎。從無妄至無妄，自指之變卦將卦義加倍。湯、文之獄正是無妄之極致——無辜受災——然囹圄反成鍛造王業之熔爐。皋陶之公正聽斷恢復秩序。詩編碼無妄之完整循環：無辜受難，正義終至，歸而無咎。
English commentary
Xiatai and Youli — the prisons where King Tang and King Wen endured unjust captivity before founding their dynasties. Gao Yao, the legendary minister of justice, listens and adjudicates, and the people of Qi rejoice. Looking west toward the central kingdoms, then returning east without blame. From Innocence to Innocence, the self-referential transformation doubles the hexagram's meaning. Tang and Wen suffered innocent misfortune — the very essence of Wuwang — yet their imprisonment became the crucible of dynastic virtue. Gao Yao's just hearing restores order. The verse encodes Wuwang's complete cycle: the innocent suffer, justice eventually prevails, and one returns home without fault.