# 第 20 卦 · Guān (观) · Contemplation

> **第 20 号卦牌（Pause）**：退后一步，看清全局。 / Step back and see the whole picture.

观卦象征观察与反省。在行动之前，先站远一点看清全局，也看看自己。你的言行同样被别人看在眼里，以身作则比说教更有影响力。

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## 卦辞

觀：盥而不薦，有孚顒若。

Kwân shows (how he whom it represents should be like) the worshipper who has washed his hands, but not (yet) presented his offerings;—with sincerity and an appearance of dignity (commanding reverent regard).

## 第 1 爻

初六：童觀，小人无咎，君子吝。

The first line, divided, shows the looking of a lad;—not blamable in men of inferior rank, but matter for regret in superior men.

## 第 2 爻

六二：闚觀，利女貞。

The second line, divided, shows one peeping out from a door. It would be advantageous if it were (merely) the firm correctness of a female.

## 第 3 爻

六三：觀我生，進退。

The third line, divided, shows one looking at (the course of) his own life, to advance or recede (accordingly).

## 第 4 爻

六四：觀國之光，利用賓于王。

The fourth line, divided, shows one contemplating the glory of the kingdom. It will be advantageous for him, being such as he is, (to seek) to be a guest of the king.

## 第 5 爻

九五：觀我生，君子无咎。

The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject contemplating his own life (- course). A superior man, he will (thus) fall into no error.

## 第 6 爻

上九：觀其生，君子无咎。

The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject contemplating his character to see if it be indeed that of a superior man. He will not fall into error.

## 出处

- [周易 · 中文原文（Ruism Digital Library）](https://ruism.org/library/classic-of-changes/20#20.1)
- [James Legge, The Yî King (1882), Sacred Books of the East, XVI](https://ruism.org/library/classic-of-changes/20#20.1)