I Ching · Book of Changes

Chapter 61

Hexagram 61 · Zhong Fu · Inner Truth

King Wen, Duke of Zhou, Confucius · Western Zhou (c.1000 BCE)

Inner Truth: pigs and fishes — good fortune. Favorable to cross great water. Perseverance furthers. 1. Being prepared — good fortune. If something else, not at peace. 2. A crane calling in the shade — its young answer. I have good wine — I will share it with you. 3. Meeting an equal — now drumming, now ceasing, now weeping, now singing. 4. Moon nearly full — the horse's mate is lost. No blame. 5. Sincere and loyal. No blame. 6. The cock's call rising to heaven. Perseverance: misfortune.