Judgment
— I Ching · classical
履虎尾，不咥人，亨。
Treading upon the tail of the tiger. It does not bite. Success.
Image
— Great Image
上天下泽，履，君子以辩上下，定民志。
Heaven above, lake below: the image of treading. The superior person discriminates between high and low, and thus fortifies the thinking of the people.
Six Lines
— Bottom to top
Initial Nine · 初九
⚊ yang
素履，往无咎。
Simple conduct — progress without blame.
Move forward with plain integrity, no political maneuvering. The simplicity itself is the safety.
Nine in the second · 九二
⚊ yang
履道坦坦，幽人贞吉。
Treading a smooth, level course. The conduct of a hidden person is steadfast and brings good fortune.
Walk the broad path quietly; the hermit-like figure who attends to substance over status wins in the long run.
Six in the third · 六三
⚋ yin
眇能视，跛能履，履虎尾，咥人，凶。武人为于大君。
A one-eyed person can see, a lame person can tread. They tread on the tail of the tiger. It bites them. Misfortune. A warrior acts thus for his great prince.
Severely under-equipped yet provoking power — the tiger bites. The reckless brave deserves only the soldier's fate.
Nine in the fourth · 九四
⚊ yang
履虎尾，愬愬，终吉。
Treading on the tail of the tiger. Caution and circumspection lead in the end to good fortune.
In the most exposed position, supreme reverence for the rules turns danger into auspicious outcome.
Nine in the fifth · 九五
⚊ yang
夬履，贞厉。
Resolute conduct. Steadfastness with danger.
The chief's rule is correct but applied with too much force. Good direction, brutal method — internal resistance flares.
Nine at the top · 上九
⚊ yang
视履考祥，其旋元吉。
Review the path you have trodden, examine the omens. If everything is fulfilled, sublime good fortune.
Conduct a comprehensive after-action review. When the whole arc reads as integral, sublime fortune crowns the journey.
Modern Readings
— Interdisciplinary
Career & Management
Negotiating with monopolistic clients, entering finance/pharma/defense, surviving under autocratic leadership. Treat emotional intelligence and extreme compliance as the same skill set.
Psychology & Cognition
Mature reverence for boundaries. See clearly where power and law draw lines; restrain the inflationary self.
Decision Guidance
Walk softly past power. Plain conduct (simple, transparent) is the safest. After every long passage, review.
Western Parallels
— Cross-cultural
Stoic prosoche (constant attention); Confucian li (ritual propriety) crossing into the Western 'professional ethics'; Daniel Kahneman on 'pre-mortem' review; the Hippocratic 'first, do no harm'; corporate compliance as the modern li.
· All texts here come from public-domain editions of the I Ching and supporting commentary.
· Anygua does not predict, score, schedule, ward, or recommend rituals.
· The same input via the same method will always reproduce the same hexagram — verifiable below.