Judgment
— I Ching · classical
亨。王假有庙，利涉大川，利贞。
Dispersion. Success. The king approaches their temple. It furthers one to cross the great water. Perseverance furthers.
Image
— Great Image
风行水上，涣，先王以享于帝立庙。
The wind drives over the water: the image of dispersion. Thus the ancient kings sacrificed to the Lord and built temples.
Six Lines
— Bottom to top
Initial Six · 初六
⚋ yin
用拯马壮，吉。
He brings help with the strength of a horse. Good fortune.
At the first sign of dispersion, rescue with the strength of a powerful horse — early intervention saves the system. Fortune.
Nine in the second · 九二
⚊ yang
涣奔其机，悔亡。
At the dissolution he hurries to that which supports him. Remorse disappears.
Run to your stable base (huan ben qi ji); ground yourself in your real foundation. Regret vanishes.
Six in the third · 六三
⚋ yin
涣其躬，无悔。
He dissolves his self. No remorse.
Dissolve personal ego (huan qi gong); forget self for the larger cause. No regret.
Six in the fourth · 六四
⚋ yin
涣其群，元吉。涣有丘，匪夷所思。
He dissolves his bond with his group. Supreme good fortune. Dispersion leads in turn to accumulation — this is something that ordinary people do not think of.
Disperse internal cliques (huan qi qun) for the larger union — sublime fortune; produces an aggregate beyond ordinary imagination.
Nine in the fifth · 九五
⚊ yang
涣汗其大号，涣王居，无咎。
His loud cries are as dissolving as sweat. Dissolution! A king abides without blame.
Like sweat breaking — announce the great decree that dissolves the crisis (huan han qi da hao); disperse the king's hoarded wealth for the public good. No blame.
Nine at the top · 上九
⚊ yang
涣其血，去逖出，无咎。
He dissolves his blood. Departing, keeping at a distance, going out, is without blame.
Dissolve the bloody injury (huan qi xue); step outside the danger; depart cleanly. No blame.
Modern Readings
— Interdisciplinary
Career & Management
Severe morale collapse, organization on the verge of fracture. Leadership must issue a galvanizing new vision (huan han qi da hao), dissolve internal factions (huan qi qun), reunify through shared spiritual and institutional gain.
Psychology & Cognition
Break mental ossification. When trapped in long thinking-ruts (entropy death of the mind), let a fresh wind of new knowledge or environment disperse the inner fog.
Decision Guidance
Early intervention (line 1: strong horse). Dissolve internal cliques to forge the larger unity. Then re-establish the temple — the spiritual center.
Western Parallels
— Cross-cultural
Lewin's unfreezing phase of change; Otto Scharmer's Theory U on dissolving the old to access generative possibility; constitutional moments (founding speeches that reframe the polity); Catholic notion of the 'sweat of Christ' as compassionate effort that breaks deadlock.
· 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.