King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Hexagram 46 升 changing to hexagram 14 大有

shēng
→
dà yǒu

Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 4, 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 46 升

元亨,用見大人,勿恤,南征吉。

Shăng indicates that (under its conditions) there will be great progress and success. Seeking by (the qualities implied in it) to meet with the great man, its subject need have no anxiety. Advance to the south will be fortunate.

Judgment of hexagram 14 大有

元亨。

Tâ Yû indicates that, (under the circumstances which it implies), there will be great progress and success.

The two hexagrams

Hexagram 46 升 — judgment

元亨,用見大人,勿恤,南征吉。

Shăng indicates that (under its conditions) there will be great progress and success. Seeking by (the qualities implied in it) to meet with the great man, its subject need have no anxiety. Advance to the south will be fortunate.

Hexagram 14 大有 — judgment

元亨。

Tâ Yû indicates that, (under the circumstances which it implies), there will be great progress and success.

The changing lines of hexagram 46

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1允升,大吉。The first line, divided, shows its subject advancing upwards with the welcome (of those above him). There will be great good fortune.
4王用享于岐山,吉无咎。The fourth line, divided, shows its subject employed by the king to present his offerings on mount Kkl There will be good fortune; there will be no mistake.
6冥升,利于不息之貞。The sixth line, divided, shows its subject advancing upwards blindly. Advantage will be found in a ceaseless maintenance of firm correctness.

English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.

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