Hexagram 14 大有 changing to hexagram 63 既濟
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 2, 4, 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 63 既濟, line 1
曳其輪，濡其尾，无咎。
The first line, undivided, (shows its subject as a driver) who drags back his wheel, (or as a fox) which has wet his tail. There will be no error.
Hexagram 63 既濟, line 3
高宗伐鬼方，三年克之，小人勿用。
The third line, undivided, (suggests the case of) Kao Sung who attacked the Demon region, but was three years in subduing it. Small men should not be employed (in such enterprises).
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 63 既濟 — judgment
亨小。利貞。初吉終亂。
Kî Zî intimates progress and success in small matters. There will be advantage in being firm and correct. There has been good fortune in the beginning; there may be disorder in the end.
The changing lines of hexagram 14
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 大轝以載，有攸往，无咎。 | In the second line, undivided, we have a large waggon with its load. In whatever direction advance is made, there will be no error. |
| 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. |
| 6 | 自天佑之，吉无不利。 | The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject with help accorded to him from Heaven. There will be good fortune, advantage in every respect. |
English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.
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