Hexagram 22 賁 changing to hexagram 50 鼎
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 2, 4.
What to read
Three changing lines: read the judgments of the original and the resulting hexagram; the original is the main one. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Judgment of hexagram 22 賁
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).
Judgment of hexagram 50 鼎
元吉，亨。
Ting gives the intimation of great progress and success.
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 50 鼎 — judgment
元吉，亨。
Ting gives the intimation of great progress and success.
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. |
| 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.
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