| | 損: |
山下有澤，損；君子以懲忿窒欲。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
(The trigram representing) a mountain and beneath it that for the waters of a marsh form Sun. The superior man, in accordance with this, restrains his wrath and represses his desires. |
| | 損: |
巳事遄往，尚合志也。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
'He suspends his own affairs and hurries away (to help the subject of the fourth line):' - the (subject of that) upper (line) mingles his wishes with his. |
| | 損: |
九二利貞，中以為志也。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
'It will be advantageous for (the subject of) the second NINE, (undivided), to maintain his firm correctness:' - his central position gives its character to his aim. |
| | 損: |
一人行，三則疑也。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
'One man, walking,' (finds his friend): - when three are together, doubts rise among them. |
| | 損: |
損其疾，亦可喜也。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
'He diminishes the ailment under which he labours:' - this is matter for joy. |
| | 損: |
六五元吉，自上佑也。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
'The great good fortune attached to the fifth six, (divided),' is due to the blessing from above. |
| | 損: |
弗損益之，大得志也。 |
| Xiang Zhuan: |
'He gives increase to others without taking from what is his own:' - he obtains his wish on a grand scale. |
