Hexagram 22 賁 changing to hexagram 45 萃
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 3, 4, 5, 6.
What to read
Five changing lines: read the one unchanged line of the resulting hexagram. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 45 萃, line 2
引吉，无咎，孚乃利用禴。
The second line, divided, shows its subject led forward (by his correlate). There will be good fortune, and freedom from error. There is entire sincerity, and in that case (even the small offerings of) the vernal sacrifice are acceptable.
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 45 萃 — judgment
王假有廟，利見大人，亨。利貞。用大牲吉，利有攸往。
In (the state denoted by) Zhui, the king will repair to his ancestral temple. It will be advantageous (also) to meet with the great man; and then there will be progress and success, though the advantage must come through firm correctness. The use of great victims will conduce to good fortune; and in whatever direction movement is made, it will be advantageous.
The changing lines of hexagram 22
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 賁其趾，舍車而徒。 | The first line, undivided, shows one adorning (the way of) his feet. He can discard a carriage and walk on foot. |
| 3 | 賁如濡如，永貞吉。 | The third line, undivided, shows its subject with the appearance of being adorned and bedewed (with rich favours). But let him ever maintain his firm correctness, and there will be good fortune. |
| 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. |
| 5 | 賁於丘園，束帛戔戔，吝，終吉。 | The fifth line, divided, shows its subject adorned by (the occupants of) the heights and gardens. He bears his roll of silk, small and slight. He may appear stingy; but there will be good fortune in the end. |
| 6 | 白賁，无咎。 | The sixth line, undivided, shows one with white as his (only) ornament. There will be no error. |
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.