# 第 17 卦 · Suí (随) · Following

> **第 17 号卦牌（Flow）**：跟随正确的方向，该休息时就休息。 / Follow what is right, and rest when it is time.

随卦象征顺应与追随。懂得适时跟随正确的人和趋势，本身就是一种智慧。但追随要有原则，不能随波逐流；同时也要懂得休息，顺应自然的节奏。

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## 卦辞

隨：元亨。利貞。无咎。

Sui indicates that (under its conditions) there will be great progress and success. But it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. There will (then) be no error.

## 第 1 爻

初九：官有渝，貞吉。出門交有功。

The first line, undivided, shows us one changing the object of his pursuit; but if he be firm and correct, there will be good fortune. Going beyond (his own) gate to find associates, he will achieve merit.

## 第 2 爻

六二：係小子，失丈夫。

The second line, divided, shows us one who cleaves to the little boy, and lets go the man of age and experience.

## 第 3 爻

六三：係丈夫，失小子。隨，有求得利，居貞。

The third line, divided, shows us one who cleaves to the man of age and experience, and lets go the little boy. Such following will get what it seeks; but it will be advantageous to adhere to what is firm and correct.

## 第 4 爻

九四：隨有獲，貞凶。有孚在道，以明，何咎。

The fourth line, undivided, shows us one followed and obtaining (adherents). Though he be firm and correct, there will be evil. If he be sincere (however) in his course, and make that evident, into what error will he fall?

## 第 5 爻

九五：孚于嘉，吉。

The fifth line, undivided, shows us (the ruler) sincere in (fostering all) that is excellent. There will be good fortune.

## 第 6 爻

上六：拘係之，乃從維之。王用亨于西山。

The topmost line, divided, shows us (that sincerity) firmly held and clung to, yea, and bound fast. (We see) the king with it presenting his offerings on the western mountain.

## 出处

- [周易 · 中文原文（Ruism Digital Library）](https://ruism.org/library/classic-of-changes/17#17.1)
- [James Legge, The Yî King (1882), Sacred Books of the East, XVI](https://ruism.org/library/classic-of-changes/17#17.1)