散群以聚大義
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.
渙，亨。王假有廟，利涉大川，利貞。
渙卦——亨通。君王至宗廟以聚天下之心，利於渡大川，利於守正。散是為了再聚——以正聚之則亨。
Huan intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. The king goes to his ancestral temple; and it will be advantageous to cross the great stream. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct.
渙，亨。剛來而不窮，柔得位乎外而上同。王假有廟，王乃在中也。利涉大川，乘木有功也。
渙亨——剛（九二）來而不困窮，柔得位於外（六四）而上同九五。「王假有廟」是君王在中（九五中正）。「利涉大川」是乘巽（木）渡險（坎水）有功。
Huan indicates progress and success. The strong line (in the second place) came (from below), and is not exhausted. The weak (line) occupies its place outside, and unites (its action) with that of the line above.
Great Image Commentary
上下卦取象 → 全卦成象 → 人事取法Trigrams → whole image → conduct
風行水上，渙
(The trigram representing) wind moving above that for water forms Huan.
先王以享於帝立廟。
The ancient kings, in accordance with this, presented offerings to God and established the ancestral temple.
風行於水上——渙之象。先王由此體會：要祭祀上帝、建立宗廟。散之時最須有「共同的中心」——祭祀與宗廟即此中心。
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.
用拯馬壯，吉。
用以拯救的馬強壯——吉。陰柔之始有九二陽剛之援——如得壯馬之拯，故吉。
The first SIX shows its subject employing (the strength of) a strong horse (for rescue from the evil). There will be good fortune.
初六之吉，順也。
初六之吉，是順從之德。
渙奔其機，悔亡。
散之時奔向其几（依靠之物）——悔可亡。陽剛得中而失正位，須依附穩處方能化散為安。
The second NINE shows its subject, amid the dispersion, hurrying to his contrivance (of safety). All occasion for repentance will disappear.
渙奔其機，得願也。
散時奔向依託，是得願之吉。
渙其躬，無悔。
散其自身（私心）——無悔。陰柔失正而能棄私從公——故無悔。
The third SIX shows its subject discarding any regard to his own person. There will be no occasion for repentance.
渙其躬，志在外也。
散其自身，是志在外（為公）。
渙其群，元吉。渙有丘，匪夷所思。
散其群（私黨小派）——大吉。散後反聚成丘——是平凡人想不到的境界。柔得正位而能散小群以成大群——大公之吉。
The fourth SIX shows its subject scattering the (selfish) parties (of the state); which leads to great good fortune. From the dispersion (he collects again good men standing out, a crowd) like a mound, which is not what an ordinary man would have thought of.
渙其群元吉，光大也。
散其群之大吉，是德光大。
渙汗其大號，渙王居，無咎。
散開汗水般發其大號（號令如汗發出而不可收）——散其王居（公而忘私）——無咎。陽剛中正——以號令統散之眾。
The fifth NINE shows its subject amidst the dispersion issuing his great announcements as the perspiration (flows from his body). He scatters abroad (also) the accumulations in the royal granaries. There will be no error.
王居無咎，正位也。
王居無咎，是位得其正。
渙其血，去逖出，無咎。
散去其血（傷害）——遠遠地離開——無咎。陽剛在散之終——能徹底脫離險境，故無咎。
The topmost NINE shows its subject disposing of (what may be called) its bloody wounds, and going and separating himself from its anxious fears. There will be no error.
渙其血，遠害也。
散其血，是遠離傷害。
To scatter, disperse — like ripples spreading when wind crosses water. Here: dispersal put to use, not mere falling apart.
To arrive at, come to (read gé here, not jiǎ) — the king comes to the ancestral temple.
To rescue, pull out of danger.
A low table or stand; by extension, a support to lean on — the stable thing one rushes to amid dispersal.
One's own person, oneself. 'Dispersing one's person' = letting go of private interest.
Mound, hill — figure for a gathering: the scattered regathered into something larger.
Ordinary people. 匪夷所思: 'not what ordinary men would conceive.'
Sweat — figure for a proclamation: once issued, it cannot be recalled.
Far, distant. Line 6: departing far from harm.
