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Hexagram 10 履 changing to hexagram 32 恒

lǚ
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Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 3, 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 32 恒, line 2

悔亡。

The second line, undivided, shows all occasion for repentance disappearing.

Hexagram 32 恒, line 4

田无禽。

The fourth line, undivided, shows a field where there is no game.

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 32 恒 — judgment

恆:亨,无咎。利貞,利有攸往。

Hăng indicates successful progress and no error (in what it denotes). But the advantage will come from being firm and correct; and movement in any direction whatever will be advantageous.

The changing lines of hexagram 10

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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.
3眇能視,跛能履,履虎尾,咥人,凶。武人為于大君。The third line, divided, shows a one-eyed man (who thinks he) can see; a lame man (who thinks he) can walk well; one who treads on the tail of a tiger and is bitten. (All this indicates) ill fortune. We have a (mere) bravo acting the part of a great ruler.
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.