| | 剥: |
山附地上，剥；上以厚下，安宅。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
(The trigrams representing) the earth, and (above it) that for a mountain, which adheres to the earth, form Bo. Superiors, in accordance with this, seek to strengthen those below them, to secure the peace and stability of their own position. |
| | 剥: |
剥床以足，以灭下也。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
'He overthrows the couch by injuring its legs:' - thus (he commences) his work of ruin with what is lowest (in the superior man). |
| | 剥: |
剥床以辨，未有与也。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
'He destroys the couch by injuring its frame:' - (the superior man) has as yet no associates. |
| | 剥: |
剥之无咎，失上下也。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
That 'there will be no error on the part of this one among the overthrowers' arises from the difference between him and the others above and below. |
| | 剥: |
剥床以肤，切近灾也。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
'He has overthrown the couch, and (proceeds to injure) the skin (of him who lies on it):' - calamity is very near at hand. |
| | 剥: |
以宫人宠，终无尤也。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
'He obtains for them the favour that lights on the inmates of the palace:' - in the end there will be no grudge against him. |
| | 剥: |
君子得舆，民所载也。小人剥庐，终不可用也。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
'The superior man finds himself in a carriage:' - he is carried along by the people. 'The small men (by their course) overthrow their own dwellings:' - they can. never again be of use to them. |
