天地交、萬物通、春至之卦
Judgment and its commentary
先讀經文，再讀《彖傳》如何解釋卦辭。Read the received text first, then its Tuan commentary.
泰：小往大來，吉，亨。
泰——小的（陰）往外退、大的（陽）來到內部；吉，通達。 陰陽相交、上下溝通、君子之道在內成長，是 12 消息卦中春至的位置。
In Tai (we see) the little gone and the great come. (It indicates that) there will be good fortune, with progress and success.
「泰，小往大來，吉亨」，則是天地交而萬物通也，上下交而其志同也。內陽而外陰，內健而外順，內君子而外小人，君子道長，小人道消也。
「泰：小往大來，吉亨」——這是天地相交而萬物通達；上下相交而志向相同。內卦是陽、外卦是陰；內是剛健、外是柔順；內是君子、外是小人。君子之道在生長、小人之道在消退。
'In Tai (we see) the little gone and the great come, with the result of good fortune and progress and success.' This means that the influences of heaven and earth communicate with each other, and all things are in consequence in a state of harmony. The high and the low come together, and their desires for action are the same. The inner trigram is made up of the strong and undivided lines, and the outer of the weak and divided; the inner is the symbol of strength, the outer of docility; the inner represents the superior man, the outer the small man. Thus the way of the superior man appears increasing, and that of the small man decreasing.
Great Image Commentary
上下卦取象 → 全卦成象 → 人事取法Trigrams → whole image → conduct
天地交，泰
(The trigrams for) heaven and earth in communication together form Tai.
后以財成天地之道，輔相天地之宜，以左右民。
The (sage) sovereign, in harmony with this, fashions and completes his regulations after the courses of heaven and earth, and assists the application of the adaptations of them, thereby left and right helping the people.
天地相交叫做泰——人主仿效，制定（裁成）順應天地之道的制度，輔助天地的合宜安排，用以幫助人民。
本站導讀，不屬《大象傳》原文；用來預覽本卦六爻由初至上的意象變化。An editorial preview of the six line images, not part of the Great Image Commentary.
拔茅茹，以其彙征，吉。
拔起茅草、根上連著一片——同類的事物一起前進，吉。在通泰之初，動就帶起一群。
The first NINE, undivided, suggests the idea of grass pulled up, and bringing with it other stalks with whose roots it is connected. Advance (on the part of its subject) will be fortunate.
拔茅征吉，志在外也。
拔茅前進吉——心志已在外（向外發展）。
'The advance indicated by the pulled-up grass, will be fortunate':—the will (of the subject of the line) is set on what is external to himself.
包荒，用馮河，不遐遺，朋亡，得尚于中行。
包容粗野、敢於徒步涉河、不遠的不被遺忘、不結朋黨——能匹配中正之道。
The second NINE, undivided, shows one who can bear with the uncultivated, will cross the He without a boat, does not forget the distant, and has no (selfish) friendships. Thus does he prove himself acting in accordance with the course of the due Mean.
包荒，得尚于中行，以光大也。
包容粗野，能匹配中正之道——是因為光明廣大。
'He bears with the uncultivated, and proves himself acting in accordance with the due Mean:'—for (his intelligence is) bright and (his capacity is) great.
无平不陂，无往不復，艱貞无咎。勿恤其孚，于食有福。
沒有永遠的平、必有歪斜；沒有只去不返。在艱難中守正，無咎。不必憂慮信任的事，飲食上有福。 泰中的轉折提示——盛極之中要看見衰的種子。
The third NINE, undivided, shows that, while there is no state of peace that is not liable to be disturbed, and no departure (of evil men) so that they shall not return, yet when one is firm and correct, as he realises the distresses that may arise, he will commit no error. There is no occasion for sadness at the certainty (of such recurring changes); and in this mood the happiness (of the present) may be (long) enjoyed.
无往不復，天地際也。
沒有不返的——這是天地交際的法則。
'There is no going away so that there shall not be a return' refers to this as the point where the interaction of heaven and earth takes place.
翩翩，不富以其鄰，不戒以孚。
輕翩飛揚的樣子；雖不富有，但能和鄰共——不需要警告，因為彼此信任。
The fourth SIX, divided, shows its subject fluttering (down)—not relying on his own rich resources, but calling in his neighbours. (They all come) not as having received warning, but in the sincerity (of their hearts).
翩翩不富，皆失實也；不戒以孚，中心願也。
翩翩不富——都已失去實質；不需警告就能信任——是中心的真願。
'He comes fluttering (down), not relying on his own rich resources:'—both he and his neighbours are out of their real (place where they should rest). 'They have not received warning, but (come) in the sincerity (of their hearts):'—this is what they have desired in the core of their hearts.
帝乙歸妹，以祉元吉。
帝乙嫁妹（古代帝王將妹妹嫁給臣下作為聯姻）——帶來福祉，大吉。 柔順居君位、能下嫁、能聯合，泰之大吉。
The fifth SIX, divided, reminds us of (king) Di Yi's (rule about the) marriage of his younger sister. By such a course there is happiness and there will be great good fortune.
以祉元吉，中以行願也。
帶來福祉大吉——中正而能行其願。
'By such a course there is happiness, and there will be great good fortune:'—(the subject of the line) carries his wishes into effect by the course of the Mean.
城復于隍，勿用師。自邑告命，貞吝。
城牆倒回護城河（盛轉衰）——不要用兵，從本邑發布命令。守正卻有遺憾。 泰之終即將轉為否。
The topmost SIX, divided, shows us the city wall returned into the moat. It is not the time to use the army. (The subject of the line) may, indeed, announce his orders to the people of his own city; but however correct and firm he may be, he will have cause for regret.
城復于隍，其命亂也。
城牆倒回護城河——是命令已亂的徵兆。
'The city wall returns into the moat:'—the (governmental) orders have long been in disorder.
Peace, prosperity, interpenetration. Image: yang below pushing up, yin above descending — they meet in the middle.
The little (yin) departs outward; the great (yang) arrives inward. Cyclical signal: spring.
To embrace the wild / coarse / unrefined. The leader's capacity to take in what hasn't been polished.
Slope, embankment; here implying 'no flat land without slope' — every peak has its descent.
Marriage of the younger sister (downward marriage / political alliance). The cooperation behind 泰.
The city wall collapses back into the moat. Image of peace reverting to instability — the end-of-泰 warning.
