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Hexagram 1 乾 changing to hexagram 60 節

1 乾
gān
→
60 節
jié

Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 3, 4, 6.

What to read

Three changing lines: read the judgments of the original and the resulting hexagram; the original is the main one. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)

Judgment of hexagram 1 乾

元亨。利貞。

Khien (represents) what is great and originating, penetrating, advantageous, correct and firm.

Judgment of hexagram 60 節

亨。苦節不可貞。

Kieh. intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) if the regulations (which it prescribes) be severe and difficult, they cannot be permanent.

The two hexagrams

Hexagram 1 乾 — judgment

元亨。利貞。

Khien (represents) what is great and originating, penetrating, advantageous, correct and firm.

Hexagram 60 節 — judgment

亨。苦節不可貞。

Kieh. intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) if the regulations (which it prescribes) be severe and difficult, they cannot be permanent.

The changing lines of hexagram 1

LineChineseLegge
3君子終日乾乾，夕惕若；厲，无咎。In the third line, undivided, (we see its subject as) the superior man active and vigilant all the day, and in the evening still careful and apprehensive. (The position is) dangerous, but there will be no mistake.
4或躍在淵，无咎。In the fourth line, undivided, (we see its subject as the dragon looking) as if he were leaping up, but still in the deep. There will be no mistake.
6亢龍，有悔。In the sixth (or topmost) line, undivided, (we see its subject as) the dragon exceeding the proper limits. There will be occasion for repentance.

English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.

Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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