Exact classical source
泽上有风，中孚。君子以议狱缓死。
Yarrow editorial translation. Wind over the lake: Inner Truth. Thus the noble person deliberates cases and delays an irreversible sentence.
Yarrow / Source Notes / 2026-07-17
Yarrow Image-to-Action note · 2026-07-17
Slow the Irreversible Verdict
Read Hexagram 61 Zhong Fu through wind moving over a lake, then add deliberation before one report becomes a permanent account ban.
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Hexagram 61 · Zhong Fu · Inner Truth
This page studies a supplied Xiang image. It does not claim this hexagram was cast for the modern scene.
Source image
Wind crosses the lake and changes its whole visible surface, showing how one movement can spread through a shared field.
Concrete tension
A permanent account ban is about to be issued from one report, with no contrary evidence, second reviewer, pause, or appeal route.
Visible modern action
Hold the ban for twenty-four hours. Assign two reviewers, attach the strongest contrary evidence they can find, and write one appeal route into the case record. Act only after both reviews and the pause are complete.
Why this action comes from this source
The source connects inner sincerity with deliberation and delay before an irreversible judgment. Two reviewers widen the hearing, contrary evidence tests the first account, and the timed pause plus appeal route keep one spreading report from becoming an immediate permanent outcome.
Reflection question
What evidence would make us revise this permanent decision tomorrow?
Audience value
Caring and informative: the method protects a person from irreversible action while preserving a documented review and appeal process.
Source boundary
The Chinese quotation is checked against Yarrow's bundled Yang Tiancai and Zhang Shanwen source text. Where that OCR witness substitutes a character, the page discloses the raw reading and checks the correction against a second classical witness. The English translation, objects, tension, and action are modern Yarrow editorial work. This is not a fresh cast, prediction, or promised outcome.