Hexagram 41 · 損 sǔn

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上九:弗損益之,无咎,貞吉,利有攸往,得臣无家。

The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject giving increase to others without taking from himself. There will be no error. With firm correctness there will be good fortune. There will be advantage in every movement that shall be made. He will find ministers more than can be counted by their clans.

James Legge, 1882

Hexagram 41 Reduction · Judgement

損:有孚,元吉,无咎,可貞,利有攸往。曷之用?二簋可用享。

In (what is denoted by) Sun, if there be sincerity (in him who employs it), there will be great good fortune:—freedom from error; firmness and correctness that can be maintained; and advantage in every movement that shall be made. In what shall this (sincerity in the exercise of Sun) be employed? (Even) in sacrifice two baskets of grain, (though there be nothing else), may be presented.

James Legge, 1882