Hexagram 35 晉 changing to hexagram 11 泰
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.
What to read
Five changing lines: read the one unchanged line of the resulting hexagram. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 11 泰, line 5
帝乙歸妹，以祉，元吉。
The fifth line, divided, reminds us of (king) Tî-yî's (rule about the) marriage of his younger sister. By such a course there is happiness and there will be great good fortune.
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 35 晉 — judgment
康侯用錫馬蕃庶，晝日三接。
In Zin we see a prince who secures the tranquillity (of the people) presented on that account with numerous horses (by the king), and three times in a day received at interviews.
Hexagram 11 泰 — judgment
小往大來，吉亨。
In Thâi (we see) the little gone and the great come. (It indicates that) there will be good fortune, with progress and success.
The changing lines of hexagram 35
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 晉如，摧如，貞吉。罔孚，裕无咎。 | The first line, divided, shows one wishing to advance, and (at the same time) kept back. Let him be firm and correct, and there will be good fortune. If trust be not reposed in him, let him maintain a large and generous mind, and there will be no error. |
| 2 | 晉如，愁如，貞吉。受茲介福，于其王母。 | The second line, divided, shows its subject with the appearance of advancing, and yet of being sorrowful. If he be firm and correct, there will be good fortune. He will receive this great blessing from his grandmother. |
| 3 | 眾允，悔亡。 | The third line, divided, shows its subject trusted by all (around him). All occasion for repentance will disappear. |
| 4 | 晉如鼫鼠，貞厲。 | The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject with the appearance of advancing, but like a marmot. However firm and correct he may be, the position is one of peril. |
| 6 | 晉其角，維用伐邑，厲吉无咎，貞吝。 | The topmost line, undivided, shows one advancing his horns. But he only uses them to punish the (rebellious people of his own) city. The position is perilous, but there will be good fortune. (Yet) however firm and correct he may be, there will be occasion for regret. |
English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.
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