沢水困 (澤水困)

亨る、貞。大人なれば吉、咎なし。言ありて信ぜられず。沢の水が枯れる苦境の時ですが、弁解せず静かに信念を守り抜けば道が開けます。

沢に水なきは困なり。君子以て命を致し志を遂ぐ。

1. 第1爻 初六初六 · 陰爻臀困于株木，入于幽谷，三歲不覿。Sitting on a bare tree trunk, hemmed in; he enters a gloomy valley and for three years is not seen.
2. 第2爻 九二九二 · 陽爻困于酒食，朱紱方來，利用亨祀，征凶，無咎。Hemmed in by wine and food; the man in red robes is about to arrive; it is beneficial to offer sacrifice; going forth brings misfortune; no fault.
3. 第3爻 六三六三 · 陰爻困于石，據于蒺蔾，入于其宮，不見其妻，凶。Hemmed in by rock, leaning on thorns and thistles; he enters his house and does not see his wife: misfortune.
4. 第4爻 九四九四 · 陽爻來荼荼，困于金轝，吝，有終。He comes slowly, hemmed in by a metal carriage: regret, but there is an end.
5. 第5爻 九五九五 · 陽爻劓刖，困于赤紱，乃徐有說，利用祭祀。Nose and feet cut off; hemmed in by the man in scarlet robes; slowly there is relief; it is beneficial to offer sacrifices.
6. 第6爻 上六上六 · 陰爻困于葛藟，于臲卼，曰動悔。有悔，征吉。Hemmed in by creepers, in a precarious place, he says, "If I move, I will regret it." Having regret, he goes forth: good fortune.

爻辞の漢文原典は『周易』に基づきます。英訳はリヒャルト・ヴィルヘルム等の古典的解釈に準拠しています。