Translated from Richard Wilhelm's German (1924)
The Judgment
The Clinging. Persistence is favorable.
It brings success. Caring for the cow brings good fortune.
The Image
Brightness rises twice: the image of fire.
So the great person, by continuing this brightness,
illuminates the four quarters of the world.
First line, nine
The footprints run crisscross.
If one is in earnest about it: no fault.
Second line, six
Yellow light. Exalted good fortune.
Third line, nine
In the light of the setting sun,
people either beat on the pot and sing,
or they sigh aloud over approaching old age.
Misfortune.
Fourth line, nine
Its coming is sudden;
it flares up, dies out, is thrown away.
Fifth line, six
Weeping in torrents, sighing and lamenting. Good fortune.
Top line, nine
The king employs this person to go off to war and punish.
The best thing then is to kill the leaders
and take the followers captive. No fault.