頤中有物，噬而後通
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.
噬嗑，亨。利用獄。
噬嗑卦——亨通。利於施用刑獄。口中有物阻塞——必須咬合才能通。對照人事——障礙必須以果斷的「刑罰」清除。
Shi Ke indicates successful progress (in the condition of things which it supposes). It will be advantageous to use legal constraints.
頤中有物曰噬嗑。噬嗑而亨。剛柔分，動而明，雷電合而章。柔得中而上行，雖不當位，利用獄也。
口中有物叫做噬嗑。咬合則通。剛柔分明，動（震）而明（離），雷電合一而文采章顯。柔得中位而上行（六五），雖然位不當（陰居陽位），利於施用刑獄。
There is something between the jaws of the mouth, hence comes the name of Shi Ke (Union by means of biting through the intervening article). The biting through this article gives free course.
Great Image Commentary
上下卦取象 → 全卦成象 → 人事取法Trigrams → whole image → conduct
雷電噬嗑
(The trigram representing) thunder and that for lightning form Shi Ke.
先王以明罰敕法。
The ancient kings, in accordance with this, framed their penalties with intelligence, and promulgated their laws.
雷電合而為噬嗑——先王由此體會：要明示刑罰、整飭法令。雷以動之、電以明之，是治法之雙重作用。
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.
屨校滅趾，無咎。
腳上戴著刑具（屨校），淹沒了腳趾——無咎。輕罪受小懲，是教訓之始；及早警止，故無咎。
The first NINE shows one with his feet in the stocks, and deprived of his toes. There will be no error.
屨校滅趾，不行也。
腳上枷鎖淹沒腳趾，是不能行走（即不能再犯）。
噬膚滅鼻，無咎。
咬肉皮——淹沒了鼻子，無咎。柔而中正——噬咬輕物（皮膚）尚需深入（滅鼻），喻施刑明斷不留情而無過。
The second SIX shows one biting through the soft flesh, and going down to the nose. There will be no error.
噬膚滅鼻，乘剛也。
咬皮膚淹沒鼻子，是乘於剛之上。
噬腊肉，遇毒，小吝，無咎。
咬乾硬的腊肉，遇到毒——小吝，無咎。施刑於頑強之徒，遇阻礙——有小吝但能堅持則無咎。
The third SIX shows one gnawing dried meat, and meeting with what is disagreeable. There will be slight occasion for regret, but no (great) error.
遇毒，位不當也。
遇毒，是位不當。
噬乾胏，得金矢，利艱貞，吉。
咬乾肉骨——得到金矢（堅硬而正之物），利於艱苦守正，吉。陽剛而正——能斷大事得堅器之助。
The fourth NINE shows one gnawing the flesh dried on the bone, and getting the pledges of money and arrows. It will be advantageous to him to realize the difficulty of his task and be firm — in which case there will be good fortune.
利艱貞吉，未光也。
利於艱貞之吉，是其志未發光大。
噬乾肉，得黃金，貞厲，無咎。
咬乾肉——得到黃金（中正之德），守正而戒懼則無咎。柔得尊位——施刑之主，須以中正自警。
The fifth SIX shows one gnawing at dried flesh, and finding the yellow gold. Let him be firm and correct, realizing the peril (of his position). There will be no error.
貞厲無咎，得當也。
貞而戒懼則無咎，是位得其當。
何校滅耳，凶。
肩上扛著刑具（何校）——淹沒了耳朵，凶。重罪受大懲——不聽勸而至此境，必凶。
The topmost NINE shows one wearing the cangue, and deprived of his ears. There will be evil.
何校滅耳，聰不明也。
肩上枷鎖淹沒耳朵，是聽聞不明（不聽人勸）。
To bite.
To close, to bring together — the jaws meeting.
Stocks worn on the feet — the light penal instrument of line 1.
To submerge, to cover over.
Skin, soft flesh — the easiest thing to bite through.
Dried, hardened meat — resistance that takes real effort to bite.
Meat still on the bone.
Metal arrows — figure for firmness and straightness.
Yellow is the color of the center; metal is upright firmness — together, the virtue of centered uprightness.
To carry on the shoulder (read he in the fourth tone).
