Hexagram 10 履 changing to hexagram 52 艮
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
What to read
Five changing lines: read the one unchanged line of the resulting hexagram. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 52 艮, line 6
敦艮，吉。
The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject devotedly maintaining his restfulness. There will be good fortune.
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 52 艮 — judgment
艮其背，不獲其身，行其庭，不見其人，无咎。
When one's resting is like that of the back, Kăn he loses all consciousness of self; when he walks in his courtyard, and does not see any (of the persons) in it,—there will be no error.
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. |
| 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. |
| 4 | 履虎尾，愬愬終吉。 | The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject treading on the tail of a tiger. He becomes full of apprehensive caution, and in the end 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. |
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.