Hexagram 15 謙 changing to hexagram 64 未濟

qiān

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wèi jì

Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 2, 3, 4, 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 64 未濟, line 1

濡其尾，吝。

The first line, divided, shows its subject (like a fox) whose tail gets immersed. There will be occasion for regret.

The fifth line, divided, shows its subject by firm correctness obtaining good fortune, and having no occasion for repentance. (We see in him) the brightness of a superior man, and the possession of sincerity. There will be good fortune.

The two hexagrams

Hexagram 15 謙 — judgment

亨，君子有終。

Khien indicates progress and success. The superior man, (being humble as it implies), will have a (good) issue (to his undertakings).

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 15

Line	Chinese	Legge
2	鳴謙，貞吉。	The second line, divided, shows us humility that has made itself recognised. With firm correctness there will be good fortune.
3	勞謙君子，有終吉。	The third line, undivided, shows the superior man of (acknowledged) merit. He will maintain his success to the end, and have good fortune.
4	无不利，撝謙。	The fourth line, divided, shows one, whose action would be in every way advantageous, stirring up (the more) his humility.
6	鳴謙，利用行師，征邑國。	The sixth line, divided, shows us humility that has made itself recognised. The subject of it will with advantage put his hosts in motion; but (he will only) punish his own towns and state.

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.