Hexagram 44 姤 changing to hexagram 20 觀
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 2, 3, 4.
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 44 姤
女壯，勿用取女。
Kâu shows a female who is bold and strong. It will not be good to marry (such) a female.
Judgment of hexagram 20 觀
盥而不薦，有孚顒若。
Kwân shows (how he whom it represents should be like) the worshipper who has washed his hands, but not (yet) presented his offerings;—with sincerity and an appearance of dignity (commanding reverent regard).
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 44 姤 — judgment
女壯，勿用取女。
Kâu shows a female who is bold and strong. It will not be good to marry (such) a female.
Hexagram 20 觀 — judgment
盥而不薦，有孚顒若。
Kwân shows (how he whom it represents should be like) the worshipper who has washed his hands, but not (yet) presented his offerings;—with sincerity and an appearance of dignity (commanding reverent regard).
The changing lines of hexagram 44
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 包有魚，无咎，不利賓。 | The second line, undivided, shows its subject with a wallet of fish. There will be no error. But it will not be well to let (the subject of the first line) go forward to the guests. |
| 3 | 臀无膚，其行次且，厲，无大咎。 | The third line, undivided, shows one from whose buttocks the skin has been stripped so that he walks with difficulty. The position is perilous, but there will be no great error. |
| 4 | 包无魚，起凶。 | The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject with his wallet, but no fish in it. This will give rise to evil. |
English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.
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