Hexagram 38: Estrangement
Statement: Estrangement. In small matters: fortune.
Top trigram: Fire
Bottom trigram: Lake
Hexagram Number: 38
Hexagram Name: Estrangement
Line 1 comment: Remorse vanishes. Do not search: a lost horse returns by itself. When seeing the wicked, make no mistakes.
Line 2 comment: Meeting one's master in the lane. No fault.
Line 3 comment: Seeing the wagon dragged back, his oxen taken, his men's hair and noses cut off. Not a beginning, but an ending.
Line 4 comment: Estranged, one meets the main person. A trustworthy exchange. Severity is without fault.
Line 5 comment: Remorse vanishes. One's kinsmen bite the skin. Going forward: what error?
Line 6 comment: Strange sights: a pig shouldering mud, a cartload of ghosts. One first draws a bow, then lowers it. No raider- a groom. Go. Meet the rain, and with it, fortune.
The image Fire above, lake below: estrangement. The noble one works with others, but remains an individual.