夫乾，確然示人易矣；
夫坤，隤然示人簡矣。
爻也者，效此者也；
象也者，像此者也。
爻象動乎內，吉凶見乎外；
功業見乎變，聖人之情見乎辭。
【語譯】
乾陽剛健果決，昭示眾人以平易之理；
坤陰柔順敦厚，導引眾人以簡明之理。
周易之卦爻，即是聖人效法此乾坤易簡之道理所製作；
而卦象，亦是模擬此乾坤易簡之道理而設立。
爻象之變動呈現於蓍卦之中，而爻象之吉凶則顯現於蓍卦之外，而驗證於各事物之中。
欲成就功名事業，則須能裁制機宜，適當求變；
而聖人欲導引百姓趨吉避凶、各成功業之心意，則可從周易之卦辭、爻辭中得其要旨。
◎確然：剛健堅決之貌。
◎隤然，音頹，柔順敦厚之貌。
◎此，指乾坤易簡之理。
夫乾，確然示人易矣；
Qian, (the symbol of heaven, and) conveying the idea of strength, shows to men its easy (and natural) action.
夫坤，隤然示人簡矣。
Kun, (the symbol of earth, and) conveying the idea of docility, shows to men its compendious (receptivity and operation).
爻也者，效此者也；
The Yao (or lines) are imitative representations of this.
象也者，像此者也。
The Xiang, or emblematic figures, are pictorial representations of the same.
爻象動乎內，吉凶見乎外；
The movements of the lines and figures take place (at the hand of the operator), and are unseen; the good fortune or ill is seen openly and is beyond.
功業見乎變，聖人之情見乎辭。
The work to be done appears by the changes; the sympathies of the sages are seen in their explanations.
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