Hexagram 30 離 changing to hexagram 50 鼎
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 2.
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 30 離, line 2
黃離，元吉。
The second line, divided, shows its subject in his place in yellow. There will be great good fortune.
Hexagram 30 離, line 1
履錯然，敬之无咎。
The first line, undivided, shows one ready to move with confused steps. But he treads at the same time reverently, and there will be no mistake.
The two hexagrams
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.
Hexagram 50 鼎 — judgment
元吉，亨。
Ting gives the intimation of great progress and success.
The changing lines of hexagram 30
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 履錯然，敬之无咎。 | The first line, undivided, shows one ready to move with confused steps. But he treads at the same time reverently, and there will be no mistake. |
| 2 | 黃離，元吉。 | The second line, divided, shows its subject in his place in yellow. 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.