XXVII. (The trigram representing) a mountain and under it that for thunder form I. The superior man, in accordance with this, (enjoins) watchfulness over our words, and the temperate regulation of our eating and drinking.

1 'You look at me till your (lower) jaw hangs down:' (the subject of the line) is thus shown unfit to be thought noble.

2 'The evil of advance by the subject of the second line, divided, is owing to his leaving in his movements his proper associates.

3 'For ten years let him not take any action:' his course is greatly opposed (to what is right).

4 'The good fortune attached to looking downwards for (the power to) nourish,' shows how brilliant will be the diffusion (of that power) from (the subject of the line's) superior position.

5 'The good fortune from abiding in firmness' is due to the docility (of the subject of the line) in following (the subject of the line) above.

6 'The good fortune, notwithstanding the peril of his position, of him from whom comes the nourishing, affords great cause for congratulation.