Inner Truth
Judgment
— I Ching · classical
豚鱼吉，利涉大川，利贞。
Even the simplest offering — pigs and fish — brings good fortune here; crossing the great river is favorable, and holding to what is right pays off.
Image
— Great Image
泽上有风，中孚，君子以议狱缓死。
Wind moves across the surface of the lake: this is the picture of Inner Truth. Watching it, a person of quality reviews criminal cases with real care and holds back from rushing to execute a sentence.
Six Lines
— Bottom to top
Modern Readings
— Interdisciplinary
Career & Management
The deepest brand moat — sincerity. No fake marketing toward users; B2B major-account loyalty built on unforgeable ethical floor.
Psychology & Cognition
Find soul resonance ('we attract who we are'); be radically honest with yourself; refuse to live in performance persona (line 6: 'crowing rooster').
Decision Guidance
Sincerity reaches even pigs and fishes. The cock crying into the sky is the cautionary opposite — image without substance is misfortune.
Integrated Reading
— Structure · timing · relations
Inner Truth places The Gentle / Wind, Wood above The Joyous / Lake. Read the lower trigram as the emerging ground and the upper trigram as the field, pressure, or constraint it must answer. The core theme is Inner truth · Resonance · Pigs and fishes are convinced. Relations: the opposite hexagram shows the shadow/complement (Preponderance of the Small); the inverse shows the other-side view (Inner Truth); the nuclear hexagram shows the hidden internal mechanism (The Corners of the Mouth).
Line Path
Line path: Initial Nine → Nine in the second → Six in the third → Six in the fourth → Nine in the fifth → Nine at the top. Read from bottom to top to see how the situation emerges, develops, crosses thresholds, and resolves.
Reflection Prompt
Am I acting from the proper position of Inner Truth, or am I being pulled by seeking trust without sincerity? What is the smallest reversible next move that respects the timing?
Western Parallels
— Cross-cultural
Stephen Covey's 'character ethic' vs. 'personality ethic'; Brené Brown on vulnerability as the seat of trust; Carl Rogers on congruence; the Quaker concept of 'speaking from the inner light'; the leadership literature on 'authentic leadership' (Bill George).
· English renderings and modern readings are original editorial writing, cross-checked against public-domain and classical commentary lineages.
· Hexagram Cast does not predict, score, schedule, ward, or recommend rituals.
· Modern inputs are reproducible; traditional casts can be audited line by line from the stored coin/yarrow trace.