第 9 卦 · Xiǎo Xù（小畜）
Small Restraint
- 上卦
- 巽 风
- 下卦
- 乾 天
小畜卦如同密云不雨，力量在积累，但还不足以成事。此时宜以柔克刚，做些小的调整和准备，而不是强行推进。点滴的努力会慢慢汇聚，耐心等待条件成熟。
站方编辑摘要卦辞
小畜：亨。密雲不雨，自我西郊。
Hsiâo Khû indicates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. (We see) dense clouds, but no rain coming from our borders in the west.
第 1 爻
初九：復自道，何其咎，吉。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject returning and pursuing his own course. What mistake should he fall into? There will be good fortune.
第 2 爻
九二：牽復，吉。
The second line, undivided, shows its subject, by the attraction (of the former line), returning (to the proper course). There will be good fortune.
第 3 爻
九三：輿說輻，夫妻反目。
The third line, undivided, suggests the idea of a carriage, the strap beneath which has been removed, or of a husband and wife looking on each other with averted eyes.
第 4 爻
六四：有孚，血去惕出，无咎。
The fourth line, divided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity. The danger of bloodshed is thereby averted, and his (ground for) apprehension dismissed. There will be no mistake.
第 5 爻
九五：有孚攣如，富以其鄰。
The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity, and drawing others to unite with him. Rich in resources, he employs his neighbours (in the same cause with himself).
第 6 爻
上九：既雨既處，尚德載，婦貞厲，月幾望，君子征凶。
The topmost line, undivided, shows how the rain has fallen, and the (onward progress) is stayed;—(so) must we value the full accumulation of the virtue (represented by the upper trigram). But a wife (exercising restraint), however firm and correct she may be, is in a position of peril, (and like) the moon approaching to the full. If the superior man prosecute his measures (in such circumstances), there will be evil.