Hexagram 26 大畜 changing to hexagram 30 離
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 26 大畜, line 4
童牛之告，元吉。
The fourth line, divided, shows the young bull, (and yet) having the piece of wood over his horns. There will be great good fortune.
Hexagram 26 大畜, line 2
輿說輹。
The second line, undivided, shows a carriage with the strap under it removed.
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 30 離 — judgment
利貞。亨。畜牝牛，吉。
Lî indicates that, (in regard to what it denotes), it will be advantageous to be firm and correct, and that thus there will be free course and success. Let (its subject) also nourish (a docility like that of) the cow, and there will be good fortune.
The changing lines of hexagram 26
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 輿說輹。 | The second line, undivided, shows a carriage with the strap under it removed. |
| 4 | 童牛之告，元吉。 | The fourth line, divided, shows the young bull, (and yet) having the piece of wood over his horns. There will be great good fortune. |
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.