Hexagram 10 履 changing to hexagram 16 豫
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 2, 5, 6.
What to read
Four changing lines: read the two unchanged lines of the resulting hexagram; the lower one is the main one. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 16 豫, line 3
盱豫，悔。遲有悔。
The third line, divided, shows one looking up (for favours), while he indulges the feeling of pleasure and satisfaction. If he would understand!—If he be late in doing so, there will indeed be occasion for repentance.
Hexagram 16 豫, line 4
由豫，大有得。勿疑。朋盍戠。
The fourth line, undivided, shows him from whom the harmony and satisfaction come. Great is the success which he obtains. Let him not allow suspicions to enter his mind, and thus friends will gather around him.
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 10 履 — judgment
履虎尾，不咥人，亨。
(Lî suggests the idea of) one treading on the tail of a tiger, which does not bite him. There will be progress and success.
Hexagram 16 豫 — judgment
利建侯行師。
Yü indicates that, (in the state which it implies), feudal princes may be set up, and the hosts put in motion, with advantage.
The changing lines of hexagram 10
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 素履，往无咎。 | The first line, undivided, shows its subject treading his accustomed path. If he go forward, there will be no error. |
| 2 | 履道坦坦，幽人貞吉。 | The second line, undivided, shows its subject treading the path that is level and easy;—a quiet and solitary man, to whom, if he be firm and correct, there will be good fortune. |
| 5 | 夬履，貞厲。 | The fifth line, undivided, shows the resolute tread of its subject. Though he be firm and correct, there will be peril. |
| 6 | 視履考詳，其旋元吉。 | The sixth line, undivided, tells us to look at (the whole course) that is trodden, and examine the presage which that gives. If it be complete and without failure, there will be great good fortune. |
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.