中孚zhongfu
Inner Truth
See also: Wilhelm commentary for Hexagram 61
Hexagram Statement
卦辭
正義曰：「中孚，豚魚吉」者，中孚，卦名也。信發於中，謂之中孚。魚者，蟲之幽隱。豚者，獸之微賤。人主內有誠信，則雖微隱之物，信皆及矣。莫不得所而獲吉，故曰「豚魚吉」也。「利涉大川，利貞」者，微隱獲吉，顯著可知。既有誠信，光被萬物，萬物得宜，以斯涉難，何往不通？故曰「利涉大川」。信而不正，凶邪之道，故利在貞也。
' Inner Sincerity (Zhong Fu) is the name of the hexagram. Sincerity issuing from within is called Inner Sincerity. Fish are creatures hidden and secluded. Piglets are animals lowly and humble.
When a ruler inwardly possesses genuine sincerity, then even the most obscure and hidden creatures will all be reached by that sincerity.
' 'It is beneficial to cross a great river; beneficial to be correct': if even the obscure and hidden obtain good fortune, how much more so what is prominent and conspicuous. Since one possesses genuine sincerity, its light covers all things, and all things find what is fitting.
Crossing difficulties with this — where would one not succeed? ' Sincerity without correctness is the way of misfortune and depravity, therefore the benefit lies in correctness.
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