Hexagram 29 坎 changing to hexagram 44 姤

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Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 3, 4, 6.

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 29 坎

習坎：有孚，維心亨。行有尚。

Khan, here repeated, shows the possession of sincerity, through which the mind is. penetrating. Action (in accordance with this) will be of high value.

Judgment of hexagram 44 姤

女壯，勿用取女。

Kâu shows a female who is bold and strong. It will not be good to marry (such) a female.

The two hexagrams

Hexagram 29 坎 — judgment

習坎：有孚，維心亨。行有尚。

Khan, here repeated, shows the possession of sincerity, through which the mind is. penetrating. Action (in accordance with this) will be of high value.

Hexagram 44 姤 — judgment

女壯，勿用取女。

Kâu shows a female who is bold and strong. It will not be good to marry (such) a female.

The changing lines of hexagram 29

Line	Chinese	Legge
3	來之坎坎，險且枕，入于坎窞，勿用。	The third line, divided, shows its subject, whether he comes or goes (=descends or ascends), confronted by a defile. All is peril to him and unrest. (His endeavours) will lead him into the cavern of the pit. There should be no action (in such a case).
4	尊酒簋，貳用缶。内約自牖，終无咎。	The fourth line, divided, shows its subject (at a feast), with (simply) a bottle of spirits, and a subsidiary basket of rice, while (the cups and bowls) are (only) of earthenware. He introduces his important lessons (as his ruler's) intelligence admits. There will in the end be no error.
6	係用徽纆，寘于叢棘，三歲不得，凶。	The topmost line, divided, shows its subject bound with cords of three strands or two strands, and placed in the thicket of thorns. But in three years he does not learn the course for him to pursue. There will be evil.

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.