小過
“Small Exceeding” —— 文王第 62 卦
小小的過頭。鳥飛得低：小事上可以多做一點，大事上不行。
卦辭 THE JUDGMENT
亨，利貞；可小事，不可大事；飛鳥遺之音，不宜上，宜下，大吉。
Xiao Guo indicates that (in the circumstances which it implies) there will be progress and attainment. But it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. (What the name denotes) may be done in small affairs, but not in great affairs. (It is like) the notes that come down from a bird on the wing - to descend is better than to ascend. There will (in this way) be great good fortune.—— The I Ching, trans. James Legge, 1899（公有領域）1
象傳 THE IMAGE
《象》曰：山上有雷，小過；君子以行過乎恭，喪過乎哀，用過乎儉。
大象傳取象：由艮與震的組合看出這個局面，並指出君子在此局面中的做法。——《周易》象傳，公有領域2
六爻 爻辭
飛鳥以凶。
The first SIX, divided, suggests (the idea of) a bird flying, (and ascending) till the issue is evil.
過其祖，遇其妣；不及其君，遇其臣，無咎。
The second SIX, divided, shows its subject passing by his grandfather, and meeting with his grandmother; not attempting anything against his ruler, but meeting him as his minister. There will be no error.
弗過防之，從或戕之，凶。
The third NINE, undivided, shows its subject taking no extraordinary precautions against danger; and some in consequence finding opportunity to assail and injure him. There will be evil.
無咎，弗過遇之；往厲必戒，勿用永貞。
The fourth NINE, undivided, shows its subject falling into no error, but meeting (the exigency of his situation), without exceeding (in his natural. course). If he go forward, there will be peril, and he must be cautious. There is no occasion to be using firmness perpetually.
密雲不雨，自我西郊；公弋取彼在穴。
The fifth SIX, divided, (suggests the idea) of dense clouds, but no rain, coming from our borders in the west. It also (shows) the prince shooting his arrow, and taking the bird in a cave.
弗遇過之；飛鳥離之，凶，是謂災眚。
The sixth SIX, divided, shows. its subject not meeting (the exigency of his situation), and exceeding (his proper course). (It suggests the idea of) a bird flying far aloft. There will be evil. The case is what is called one of calamity and self-produced injury.
看這一卦的象
第 62 卦，下卦艮（Mountain）、上卦震（Thunder）——下為穩守不移的靜定，上為自靜止中迸發的動能。傳統把這個組合讀成「Small Exceeding」的緣由正在這裡：小小的過頭。鳥飛得低：小事上可以多做一點，大事上不行。每當搖出這一卦，經典的提示，都會回到這兩股力量的交會。
關於第 62 卦的常見問題
第 62 卦「小過（xiǎo guò）」是什麼意思？
易經第 62 卦名為「小過」（xiǎo guò），通行英譯作「Small Exceeding」。這一卦是下卦艮（Mountain）、上卦震（Thunder）；傳統的象，是穩守不移的靜定在下、自靜止中迸發的動能在上。
第 62 卦的象傳（大象辭）怎麼說？
《象》曰：山上有雷，小過；君子以行過乎恭，喪過乎哀，用過乎儉。這是大象傳對第 62 卦的取象——由艮與震的組合看出這個局面，再指出君子在這樣的局面裡怎麼做。
第 62 卦在感情上怎麼解讀？
在感情占問裡，「小過」指向小小的過頭。鳥飛得低：小事上可以多做一點，大事上不行。這一卦由艮（Mountain）在下、震（Thunder）在上組成——穩守不移的靜定在下、自靜止中迸發的動能在上，傳統上正是這股力量在兩個人之間運行的樣子。
第 62 卦對事業與金錢有什麼提示？
事業與金錢的問題，從卦象本身讀起：下卦艮（Mountain）、上卦震（Thunder）——穩守不移的靜定在內、自靜止中迸發的動能在外。白話說，小小的過頭。鳥飛得低：小事上可以多做一點，大事上不行。卦爻辭中出現 1 次「吉」、3 次「凶」，所以讀作可行——前提是照爻辭所說的舉止去做。
第 62 卦的動爻（變爻）怎麼看？
第 62 卦起出動爻時，六爻的爻辭（下方經文，自初爻讀到上爻）就是動爻的依據；動爻是這一卦在你所問之事裡「醒著」的那一部分。爻一動就變為相反的一爻，整卦隨之變成另一個卦：第 62 卦六爻全變，得第 61 卦中孚（Center Returning）。本頁下方「逐爻詳解」另有六頁，逐爻對讀經文與 Legge 英譯。
第 62 卦跟其他卦是什麼關係？
第 62 卦六爻全變，得第 61 卦——中孚（Center Returning）。上下顛倒仍是本卦——四大對稱卦之一。互卦——二至五爻的內在紋理——是第 28 卦大過（Great Exceeding）。
要解讀，不要只有卦文
同一個卦，一路讀到底：
- 每一爻都替你解——動爻在你所問之事裡的含意
- 之卦指向——事情正往哪裡去，變局怎麼讀
- 直答你的收束——行動、等待，還是說出口
相關卦 錯綜互
1 Legge, James（譯）。The Yi King，Sacred Books of the East 第十六卷（1899），公有領域。卦辭原文依傳世《周易》。2 象傳（大象辭）為先秦古籍，原文屬公有領域；引自維基文庫《周易/大象》通行本。· 僅供反思與娛樂——非財務、醫療或人生建議。