Hexagram 46 升 changing to hexagram 7 師
Changing line (counted from the bottom): 3.
What to read
One changing line: read the text of that line in the original hexagram. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 46 升, line 3
升虛邑。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject ascending upwards (as into) an empty city.
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 7 師 — judgment
貞丈人吉，无咎。
Sze indicates how, in the case which it supposes, with firmness and correctness, and (a leader of) age and experience, there will be good fortune and no error.
The changing lines of hexagram 46
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 升虛邑。 | The third line, undivided, shows its subject ascending upwards (as into) an empty city. |
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.
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