Hexagram 26 大畜 changing to hexagram 18 蠱
Changing line (counted from the bottom): 1.
What to read
One changing line: read the text of that line in the original hexagram. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 26 大畜, line 1
有厲利已。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject in a position of peril. It will be advantageous for him to stop his advance.
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 26 大畜 — judgment
利貞，不家食吉，利涉大川。
Under the conditions of Tâ Khû it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. (If its subject do not seek to) enjoy his revenues in his own family (without taking service at court), there will be good fortune. It will be advantageous for him to cross the great stream.
Hexagram 18 蠱 — judgment
元亨。利涉大川。先甲三日，後甲三日。
Kû indicates great progress and success (to him who deals properly with the condition represented by it). There will be advantage in (efforts like that of) crossing the great stream. (He should weigh well, however, the events of) three days before the turning point, and those (to be done) three days after it.
The changing lines of hexagram 26
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 有厲利已。 | The first line, undivided, shows its subject in a position of peril. It will be advantageous for him to stop his advance. |
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.