Hexagram 52 艮 changing to hexagram 19 臨
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 2, 3, 6.
What to read
Four changing lines: read the two unchanged lines of the resulting hexagram; the lower one is the main one. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 19 臨, line 4
至臨，无咎。
The fourth line, divided, shows one advancing in the highest mode. There will be no error.
Hexagram 19 臨, line 5
知臨，大君之宜，吉。
The fifth line, divided, shows the advance of wisdom, such as befits the great ruler. There will be good fortune.
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 52 艮 — judgment
艮其背，不獲其身，行其庭，不見其人，无咎。
When one's resting is like that of the back, Kăn he loses all consciousness of self; when he walks in his courtyard, and does not see any (of the persons) in it,—there will be no error.
Hexagram 19 臨 — judgment
元亨。利貞。至于八月有凶。
Lin (indicates that under the conditions supposed in it) there will be great progress and success, while it will be advantageous to be firmly correct. In the eighth month there will be evil.
The changing lines of hexagram 52
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 艮其趾，无咎，利永貞。 | The first line, divided, shows its subject keeping his toes at rest. There will be no error; but it will be advantageous for him to be persistently firm and correct. |
| 2 | 艮其腓，不拯其隨，其心不快。 | The second line, divided, shows its subject keeping the calves of his legs at rest. He cannot help (the subject of the line above) whom he follows, and is dissatisfied in his mind. |
| 3 | 艮其限，裂其夤，厲閽心。 | The third line, undivided, shows its subject keeping his loins at rest, and separating the ribs (from the body below). The situation is perilous, and the heart glows with suppressed excitement. |
| 6 | 敦艮，吉。 | The sixth line, undivided, shows its subject devotedly maintaining his restfulness. There will be good fortune. |
English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.
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