XXX. (The trigram for) brightness, repeated, forms Li. The great man, in accordance with this, cultivates more and more his brilliant (virtue), and diffuses its brightness over the four quarters (of the land).

1 'The reverent attention directed to his confused steps' is the way by which error is avoided.

2 'The great good fortune (from the subject of the second line) occupying his place in yellow' is owing to his holding the course of the due mean.

3 'A position like that of the declining sun:' how can it continue long?

4 'How abrupt is the manner of his coming!' none can bear with him.

5 'The good fortune attached to the fifth line, divided,' is due to its occupying the place of a king or a prince.

6 'The king employs him in his punitive expeditions:' the object is to bring the regions to a correct state.