Hexagram 48 井 changing to hexagram 7 師

jǐng

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shī

Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 3, 5.

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 48 井, line 5

井冽，寒泉食。

The fifth line, undivided, shows a clear, limpid well, (the waters from) whose cold spring are (freely) drunk.

The third line, undivided, shows a well, which has been cleared out, but is not used. Our hearts are sorry for this, for the water might be drawn out and used. If the king were (only) intelligent, both he and we might receive the benefit of it.

The two hexagrams

Hexagram 48 井 — judgment

改邑不改井，无喪无得，往來井井。汔至亦未繘井。羸其瓶，凶。

(Looking at) Zing, (we think of) how (the site of) a town may be changed, while (the fashion of) its wells undergoes no change. (The water of a well) never disappears and never receives (any great) increase, and those who come and those who go can draw and enjoy the benefit. If (the drawing) have nearly been accomplished, but, before the rope has quite reached the water, the bucket is broken, this is evil.

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 48

Line	Chinese	Legge
3	井渫不食，為我心惻，可用汲，王明，並受其福。	The third line, undivided, shows a well, which has been cleared out, but is not used. Our hearts are sorry for this, for the water might be drawn out and used. If the king were (only) intelligent, both he and we might receive the benefit of it.
5	井冽，寒泉食。	The fifth line, undivided, shows a clear, limpid well, (the waters from) whose cold spring are (freely) drunk.

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.