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Hexagram 35 晉 changing to hexagram 30 離

jìn
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lí

Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 3.

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 35 晉, line 3

眾允,悔亡。

The third line, divided, shows its subject trusted by all (around him). All occasion for repentance will disappear.

Hexagram 35 晉, line 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.

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 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 35

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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.
3眾允,悔亡。The third line, divided, shows its subject trusted by all (around him). All occasion for repentance will disappear.

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.