Hexagram 49 革, Line 2
革
Hexagram 49 · second line, divided (six)
已日乃革之，征吉，无咎。
The second line, divided, shows its subject making his changes after some time has passed. Action taken will be fortunate. There will be no error.
James Legge (1882), public domain.
Small image (小象)
已日革之，行有嘉也。
If only this line changes, hexagram 49 becomes hexagram 43.
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Character glossary
- 已yǐalready; finished; to stop; then, afterw
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 乃nǎithen; really, indeed, after all
- 革géleather, animal hide; to reform; to remo
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 征zhēngto summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journe
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 嘉jiāexcellent; joyful; auspicious
- 也yěalso, too
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.