Hexagram 54 歸妹 changing to hexagram 55 豐
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 2, 3.
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 54 歸妹, line 3
歸妹以須，反歸以娣。
The third line, divided, shows the younger sister who was to be married off in a mean position. She returns and accepts an ancillary position.
Hexagram 54 歸妹, line 2
眇能視，利幽人之貞。
The second line, undivided, shows her blind of one eye, and yet able to see. There will be advantage in her maintaining the firm correctness of a solitary widow.
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 54 歸妹 — judgment
征凶，无攸利。
Kwei Mei indicates that (under the conditions which it denotes) action will be evil, and in no wise advantageous.
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 54
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 眇能視，利幽人之貞。 | The second line, undivided, shows her blind of one eye, and yet able to see. There will be advantage in her maintaining the firm correctness of a solitary widow. |
| 3 | 歸妹以須，反歸以娣。 | The third line, divided, shows the younger sister who was to be married off in a mean position. She returns and accepts an ancillary position. |
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.