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Hexagram 10 履 changing to hexagram 64 未濟

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Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 5.

What to read

Two changing lines: read both line texts of the original hexagram; the upper one is the main one. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)

Hexagram 10 履, line 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.

Hexagram 10 履, line 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.

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 64 未濟 — judgment

亨。小狐汔濟,濡其尾,无攸利。

Wei Zî intimates progress and success (in the circumstances which it implies). (We see) a young fox that has nearly crossed (the stream), when its tail gets immersed. There will be no advantage in any way.

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.
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.

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