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Hexagram 22 賁 changing to hexagram 14 大有

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Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 2, 4.

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 22 賁, line 4

賁如皤如,白馬翰如,匪寇婚媾。

The fourth line, divided, shows one looking as if adorned, but only in white. As if (mounted on) a white horse, and furnished with wings, (he seeks union with the subject of the first line), while (the intervening third pursues), not as a robber, but intent on a matrimonial alliance.

Hexagram 22 賁, line 2

賁其須。

The second line, divided, shows one adorning his beard.

The two hexagrams

Hexagram 22 賁 — judgment

亨。小利有攸往。

Pî indicates that there should be free course (in what it denotes). There will be little advantage (however) if it be allowed to advance (and take the lead).

Hexagram 14 大有 — judgment

元亨。

Tâ Yû indicates that, (under the circumstances which it implies), there will be great progress and success.

The changing lines of hexagram 22

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2賁其須。The second line, divided, shows one adorning his beard.
4賁如皤如,白馬翰如,匪寇婚媾。The fourth line, divided, shows one looking as if adorned, but only in white. As if (mounted on) a white horse, and furnished with wings, (he seeks union with the subject of the first line), while (the intervening third pursues), not as a robber, but intent on a matrimonial alliance.

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.