Brightness Injured in flight, drooping its wings. The exemplary person on the journey: three days without eating; there is somewhere he goes, and the host has words.

明夷，夷于左股，用拯馬壯，吉。

Brightness Injured; injured at the left thigh. Use rescue; horses are strong, auspicious.

明夷于南狩，得其大首，不可疾貞。

Brightness Injured during a southern hunt, obtaining its great head; cannot be hasty in steadfastness.

入于左腹，獲明夷之心，于出門庭。

Entering into the left belly, capturing the heart of Brightness Injured, at the exit of the gate and courtyard.

箕子之明夷，利貞。

Jizi's Brightness Injured; benefit in steadfastness.

不明晦，初登于天，后入于地。

Not bright, obscured; first ascending to heaven, later entering the earth.

Ancient Comments on the Moving Lines

— Confucius

君子于行，義不食也。

The exemplary person on the journey—by righteousness he does not eat.

六二之吉，順以則也。

The auspiciousness of Six Two is following the rule.

南狩之志，乃大得也。

The intention of the southern hunt is precisely this great obtaining.

入于左腹，獲心意也。

Entering into the left belly is capturing the heart-intention.

箕子之貞，明不可息也。

Jizi's steadfastness—brightness cannot cease.

初登于天，照四國也。后入于地，失則也。

First ascending to heaven is illuminating the four states. Later entering the earth is losing the rule.

Ancient Comments on the Judgment

— Confucius

明入地中，明夷。內文明而外柔順，以蒙大難，文王以之。利艱貞，晦其明也，內難而能正其志，箕子以之。

Brightness enters the middle of the earth, Brightness Injured. Internally patterned brightness, externally yielding and accordant; thereby encountering great hardship; King Wen acted thus. Benefit in hardship and steadfastness: it is to obscure one's brightness. Inner difficulty yet able to rectify one's will; Jizi acted thus.

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明

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蒞

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用

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艱貞

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心

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利貞

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