King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Hexagram 52 艮 changing to hexagram 55 豐

gěn
→
fēng

Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 4, 6.

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 52 艮

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.

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 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 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 52

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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.
4艮其身,无咎。The fourth line, divided, shows its subject keeping his trunk at rest. There will be no error.
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.

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.