King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Hexagram 46 升 changing to hexagram 55 豐

shēng
→
fēng

Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 2, 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 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 55 豐

亨。王假之,勿憂,宜日中。

Făng intimates progress and development. When a king has reached the point (which the name denotes) there is no occasion to be anxious (through fear of a change). Let him be as the sun at noon.

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 55 豐 — judgment

亨。王假之,勿憂,宜日中。

Făng intimates progress and development. When a king has reached the point (which the name denotes) there is no occasion to be anxious (through fear of a change). Let him be as the sun at noon.

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.
2孚乃利用禴,无咎。The second line, undivided, shows its subject with that sincerity which will make even the (small) offerings of the vernal sacrifice acceptable. There will be no error.
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.

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.