元亨，利贞。勿用有攸往。
云雷屯，君子以经纶。
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屯卦象征万物初生的艰难——种子顶土、新生事物冒头时的那种紧绷与停滞。卦辞说「元亨利贞，勿用有攸往，利建侯」：能成大事，但此刻不宜远行、不宜冒进，最适合做的是「立根基、立秩序」（建侯）。…
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屯，刚柔始交而难生，动乎险中，大亨贞。雷雨之动满盈，天造草昧，宜建侯而不宁。
上六：乘马班如，泣血涟如。
泣血涟如，何可长也。
九五：屯其膏，小贞吉，大贞凶。
屯其膏，施未光也。
六四：乘马班如，求婚媾。往吉，无不利。
求而往，明也。
六三：即鹿无虞，惟入于林中。君子几不如舍，往吝。
即鹿无虞，以从禽也；君子舍之，往吝穷也。
六二：屯如邅如，乘马班如，匪寇婚媾。女子贞不字，十年乃字。
六二之难，乘刚也。十年乃字，反常也。
初九：磐桓，利居贞，利建侯。
虽磐桓，志行正也。以贵下贱，大得民也。
屯，难也。物始生而未通之意。
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View original source处屯之初，动则难生，不可以进，故磐桓也。
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View original source屯，难也。刚柔始交而难生，初相逢遇，故云「屯，难也」。
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View original source屯有大亨之道，而处之利在固。非贞固何以济屯？
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