Hexagram 14 大有 changing to hexagram 59 渙
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 3, 4, 5.
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 59 渙, line 2
渙奔其机,悔亡。
The second line, undivided, shows its subject, amid the dispersion, hurrying to his contrivance (for security). All occasion for repentance will disappear.
Hexagram 59 渙, line 6
渙其血,去逖出,无咎。
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject disposing of (what may be called) its bloody wounds, and going and separating himself from its anxious fears. There will be no error.
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 14 大有 — judgment
元亨。
Tâ Yû indicates that, (under the circumstances which it implies), there will be great progress and success.
Hexagram 59 渙 — judgment
亨,王假有廟,利涉大川,利貞。
Hwân intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. The king goes to his ancestral temple; and it will be advantageous to cross the great stream. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct.
The changing lines of hexagram 14
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 无交害,匪咎,艱則无咎。 | In the first line, undivided, there is no approach to what is injurious, and there is no error. Let there be a realisation of the difficulty (and danger of the position), and there will be no error (to the end). |
| 3 | 公用亨于天子,小人弗克。 | The third line, undivided, shows us a feudal prince presenting his offerings to the Son of Heaven. A small man would be unequal (to such a duty). |
| 4 | 匪其尫,无咎。 | The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject keeping his great resources under restraint. There will be no error. |
| 5 | 厥孚交如,威如;吉。 | The fifth line, divided, shows the sincerity of its subject reciprocated by that of all the others (represented in the hexagram). Let him display a proper majesty, and there will be good fortune. |
English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.
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