Hexagram 40: Releasing
Statement: Gain in the west and south. No cause to move forward- then comes return, and fortune. To have a place to go: dawn fortune.
Top trigram: Thunder
Bottom trigram: Water
Hexagram Number: 40
Hexagram Name: Releasing
Line 1 comment: No fault.
Line 2 comment: Capturing three foxes in the field, receiving yellow arrows. Pure fortune.
Line 3 comment: Shouldering a bundle on the back, and riding a carriage attracts bandits: pure severity.
Line 4 comment: Releasing the big toe. Friends arrive, and with them, confidence.
Line 5 comment: The superior one rules by releasing. Fortune. One has the confidence of the common people.
Line 6 comment: The duke uses this chance to shoot a hawk from the top of the ramparts. Nothing but gain in capturing.
The image Thunder and rain act: releasing. The noble one pardons errors and forgives offenses.
