**Hexagram 38: Kui (Opposition)** Upper trigram: Li · Lower trigram: Dui · Hexagram 38 **Hexagram Judgment** Small matters are auspicious. **Line Statements** First line: Regret vanishes. If you lose a horse, do not chase after it; it will return on its own. When you meet an evil person, there is no blame. Second line: Meeting your lord in a narrow lane — no blame. Third line: You see the cart dragged back, the oxen held in check, and the man is branded and his nose cut off. There is a bad beginning but a good end. Fourth line: Isolated in opposition, you meet a good man. Exchange trust with him. Though dangerous, there is no blame. Fifth line: Regret vanishes. Your kinsman bites through the skin. If you go forward, what blame is there? Top line: Isolated in opposition, you see a pig covered with mud, and a cart full of ghosts. First you draw your bow, then you lay it aside. They are not bandits but suitors. If you go forward, you will meet rain, and good fortune comes.