象曰雷在天上大壮君子以非礼弗履

伊川易传 · section 95 · 程頤 · 601 characters

Original text

雷震于天上大而壮也君子观大壮之象以行其壮君子之大壮者莫若克己复礼古人云自胜之谓强中庸于和而不流中立而不倚皆曰强哉矫赴汤火蹈白刅武夫之勇可能也至于克己复礼则非君子之大壮不可能也故云君子以非礼弗履

初九壮于趾征凶有孚 初阳刚干体而处下壮于进者也在下而用壮壮于趾也趾在下而进动之物九在下用壮而不得其中夫以刚处壮虽居上犹不可行况在下乎故征则其凶有孚孚信也谓以壮往则得凶可必也

象曰壮于趾其孚穷也 在最下而用壮以行可必信其穷困而凶也

九二贞吉 二虽以阳刚当大壮之时然居柔而处中是刚柔得中不过于壮得贞正而吉也或曰贞非以九居二为戒乎曰易取所胜为义以阳刚健体当大壮之时处得中道无不正也在四则有不正之戒人能识时义之轻重则可以学易矣

象曰九二贞吉以中也 所以贞正而吉者以其得中道也中则不失正况阳刚而干体乎 九三小人用壮君子用罔贞厉羝羊触藩羸其角九三以刚居阳而处壮又当干体之终壮之极者也极壮如此在小人则为用壮在君子则为用罔小人尚力故用其壮勇君子志刚故用罔罔无也犹云蔑也以其至刚蔑视于事而无所忌惮也君子小人以地言如君子有勇而无义为乱刚柔得中则不折不屈施于天下而无不宜苟刚之大过则无和顺之德多伤莫与贞固守此则危道也凡物莫不用其壮齿者啮角者触蹄者踶羊壮于首羝为喜触故取为象羊喜触藩篱以藩篱当其前也盖所当必触喜用壮如此必羸困其角矣犹人尚刚壮所当必用必至摧困也三壮甚如此而不至凶何也曰如三之为其往足以致凶而方言其危故未及于凶也凡可以致凶而未至者则曰厉也

This site's reading

The reading for this section has not been written yet; the original text above is complete.

The text is reproduced from the named edition without alteration. The reading is this site's own; commentators differ. Where the book judges 格局 or 用神 it is stating doctrine, not a conclusion about the reader's own chart.

Witness: https://github.com/garychowcmu/daizhigev20/tree/master/易藏/易经/伊川易传.txt · daizhige/伊川易传.txt · sha cc6ffe43f08f2257

Read this against your own chart

Cast your own four pillars first, then come back to the text.

象曰雷在天上大壮君子以非礼弗履 — 伊川易傳