Hexagram 55 豐 changing to hexagram 22 賁
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 4, 6.
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 55 豐, line 6
豐其屋，蔀其家，窺其戶，闃其无人，三歲不觌，凶。
The topmost line, divided, shows its subject with his house made large, but only serving as a screen to his household. When he looks at his door, it is still, and there is nobody about it. For three years no one is to be seen. There will be evil.
Hexagram 55 豐, line 4
豐其蔀，日中見斗，遇其夷主，吉。
The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject in a tent so large and thick that at midday he can see from it the constellation of the Bushel. But he meets with the subject of the (first) line, undivided like himself. There will be good fortune.
The two hexagrams
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.
Hexagram 22 賁 — judgment
亨。小利有攸往。
Pî indicates that there should be free course (in what it denotes). There will be little advantage (however) if it be allowed to advance (and take the lead).
The changing lines of hexagram 55
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 豐其蔀，日中見斗，遇其夷主，吉。 | The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject in a tent so large and thick that at midday he can see from it the constellation of the Bushel. But he meets with the subject of the (first) line, undivided like himself. There will be good fortune. |
| 6 | 豐其屋，蔀其家，窺其戶，闃其无人，三歲不觌，凶。 | The topmost line, divided, shows its subject with his house made large, but only serving as a screen to his household. When he looks at his door, it is still, and there is nobody about it. For three years no one is to be seen. There will be evil. |
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.