Hexagram 35 晉 changing to hexagram 50 鼎
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 2, 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 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.
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 50 鼎 — judgment
元吉,亨。
Ting gives the intimation of great progress and success.
The changing lines of hexagram 35
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.
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