懿文德，密雲不雨
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.
小畜：亨。密雲不雨，自我西郊。
小畜卦——亨通。密雲不雨——從西郊而來（陰氣未勝）。蓄止之力尚微，未能成大事。
Xiao Xu indicates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. (We see) dense clouds, but no rain coming from our borders in the west.
小畜，柔得位而上下應之，曰小畜。健而巽，剛中而志行，乃亨。密雲不雨，尚往也。自我西郊，施未行也。
小畜：柔（六四）得位而上下五陽相應，所以為小畜。內剛健（乾）外柔遜（巽），剛得中而志行，所以亨。「密雲不雨」是因為陽氣尚往；「自我西郊」是施未行。
In Xiao Xu the weak line occupies its (proper) position, and (the lines) above and below respond to it. There are the (qualities) of strength and flexibility.
Great Image Commentary
上下卦取象 → 全卦成象 → 人事取法Trigrams → whole image → conduct
風行天上，小畜
(The trigram representing) the sky, and above it that for wind, form Xiao Xu.
君子以懿文德。
The superior man, in accordance with this, adorns the outward manifestation of his virtue.
風行於天上——小畜之象（風能蓄雲但未成雨）。君子由此體會：在尚未能大有作為之時，要美化自己的文德。
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.
復自道，何其咎，吉。
從本道而返——有何咎？吉。剛得位、能自反。
The first NINE shows its subject returning and pursuing his own course. What error can he commit? There will be good fortune.
復自道，其義吉也。
從本道而返，其理當吉。
牽復，吉。
被牽引而返——吉。剛中、與初九同志。
The second NINE shows its subject, by the attraction (of the former line), returning (to the proper course). There will be good fortune.
牽復在中，亦不自失也。
在中位被牽引而返，也不失自我。
輿說輻，夫妻反目。
車脫輻條，夫妻反目。剛強與蓄止之力相爭，必致破裂。
The third NINE suggests the idea of a carriage, the strap beneath which has been removed, or of a husband and wife looking on each other with averted eyes.
夫妻反目，不能正室也。
夫妻反目，不能整治家室。
有孚，血去惕出，無咎。
有誠信——血光之災得以避免，恐懼得以解除——無咎。柔得位、得上下相應。
The fourth SIX shows its subject possessed of sincerity. The danger of bloodshed is thereby averted, and his (ground for) apprehension dismissed. There will be no error.
有孚惕出，上合志也。
有誠信而避免恐懼，與上合志。
有孚攣如，富以其鄰。
有誠信而互相牽連——富有並能惠及鄰居。剛中得位、能與眾共富。
The fifth NINE shows its subject possessed of sincerity, and drawing others to unite with him. Rich in resources, he employs his neighbours (in the same cause with himself).
有孚攣如，不獨富也。
誠信牽連，不獨自富有。
既雨既處，尚德載，婦貞厲。月幾望，君子征凶。
已下雨已停——崇尚德性而能載物。婦人守正有險。月將圓，君子前進凶。蓄之至極轉為陰盛。
The topmost NINE shows the rain fallen and (the onward progress) stopped. (We must) value the full accumulation of the virtue (represented by the upper trigram). A wife exercising restraint, however firm and correct she may be, is in a position of peril.
既雨既處，德積載也。君子征凶，有所疑也。
雨後而止，是德積載物。君子前進凶，是有疑慮。
To accumulate and to restrain — both senses at once: storing up, holding back. The name of the hexagram (with 小, 'small').
Beautiful; to refine, make excellent. What the superior man does to his cultural virtue while waiting.
The spokes of a carriage wheel. Line 3's image: the wheel comes apart — forward motion breaks down.
Read as a loan for 脫, 'to come off, detach.' Not 'speak' here.
Sincerity, inner truthfulness. What averts bloodshed in line 4 and binds neighbors in line 5.
Bound together, linked as if by a cord. Line 5's image of mutual attachment through sincerity.
The moon nearly full. Yin at its peak of accumulation — the signal that further advance turns ominous.
