Hexagram 18: Poison
Statement: Poison brings the great continuing. Advance across the great river. Before starting: three days. After starting: three days.
Top trigram: Mountain
Bottom trigram: Wind
Hexagram Number: 18
Hexagram Name: Poison
Line 1 comment: Manage father's poison. Let his child examine. No fault amid such harshness. In the end, fortune.
Line 2 comment: Manage mother's poison. One cannot be firm.
Line 3 comment: Manage father's poison. The young have regrets. No great fault.
Line 4 comment: Ample is father's poison. Going forward, one will see deprivation.
Line 5 comment: Manage father's poison. Make use of honor.
Line 6 comment: Do not serve king or lords. Your own affairs are of higher importance.
The image Wind below the mountain: poison. The noble one stirs the people and nourishes virtue.