上九
白贲，无咎。
象曰：白贲无咎，上得志也。
Hexagram 22 · Plain Adornment
Plain Adornment
Mountain above · Fire belowTraditional palace notation: 艮宫 · 一世卦
Form can make meaning easier to see, but it cannot replace substance. Consider where presentation helps and where it begins to distract. A simpler expression may reveal what elaborate decoration has been trying to carry.
A question in mind. A moment to reflect.
Cast the coins rather than choosing a result.
Write one question, then cast three coins six times.
Hexagram text · Classical Chinese (untranslated)
贲：亨。小利有攸往。
Tuan commentary · Classical Chinese
彖曰：贲，亨；柔来而文刚，故亨。分刚上而文柔，故小利有攸往。刚柔交错，天文也；文明以止，人文也。观乎天文，以察时变；观乎人文，以化成天下。
Image commentary · Classical Chinese
象曰：山下有火，贲；君子以明庶政，无敢折狱。
Six lines · Classical Chinese (untranslated)
六五
贲于丘园，束帛戋戋，吝，终吉。
象曰：六五之吉，有喜也。
六四
贲如皤如，白马翰如，匪寇婚媾。
象曰：六四，当位疑也。匪寇婚媾，终无尤也。
九三
贲如濡如，永贞吉。
象曰：永贞之吉，终莫之陵也。
六二
贲其须。
象曰：贲其须，与上兴也。
初九
贲其趾，舍车而徒。
象曰：舍车而徒，义弗乘也。