Hexagram 32 恒 changing to hexagram 38 睽
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 3, 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 32 恒
恆：亨，无咎。利貞，利有攸往。
Hăng indicates successful progress and no error (in what it denotes). But the advantage will come from being firm and correct; and movement in any direction whatever will be advantageous.
Judgment of hexagram 38 睽
小事吉。
Khwei indicates that, (notwithstanding the condition of things which it denotes), in small matters there will (still) be good success.
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 32 恒 — judgment
恆：亨，无咎。利貞，利有攸往。
Hăng indicates successful progress and no error (in what it denotes). But the advantage will come from being firm and correct; and movement in any direction whatever will be advantageous.
Hexagram 38 睽 — judgment
小事吉。
Khwei indicates that, (notwithstanding the condition of things which it denotes), in small matters there will (still) be good success.
The changing lines of hexagram 32
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 浚恆，貞凶，无攸利。 | The first line, divided, shows its subject deeply (desirous) of long continuance. Even with firm correctness there will be evil; there will be no advantage in any way. |
| 3 | 不恆其德，或承之羞，貞吝。 | The third line, undivided, shows one who does not continuously maintain his virtue. There are those who will impute this to him as a disgrace. However firm he may be, there will be ground for regret. |
| 6 | 震恆，凶。 | The topmost line, divided, shows its subject exciting himself to long continuance. There will be evil. |
English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.
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