Hexagram 22 賁 changing to hexagram 7 師
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 2, 3, 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 7 師, line 4
師左次，无咎。
The fourth line, divided, shows the host in retreat. There is no error.
Hexagram 7 師, line 5
田有禽，利執言，无咎。長子帥師，弟子輿尸，貞凶。
The fifth line, divided, shows birds in the fields, which it will be advantageous to seize (and destroy). In that case there will be no error. If the oldest son leads the host, and younger men (idly occupy offices assigned to them), however firm and correct he may be, there will be evil.
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 7 師 — judgment
貞丈人吉，无咎。
Sze indicates how, in the case which it supposes, with firmness and correctness, and (a leader of) age and experience, there will be good fortune and no error.
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. |
| 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. |
| 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.
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