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Hexagram 58 兌 changing to hexagram 33 遯

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 33 遯, line 4

好遯君子吉,小人否。

The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject retiring notwithstanding his likings. In a superior man this will lead to good fortune; a small man cannot attain to this.

Hexagram 33 遯, line 5

嘉遯,貞吉。

The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject retiring in an admirable way. With firm correctness there will be good fortune.

The two hexagrams

Hexagram 58 兌 — judgment

亨。利貞。

Tui intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) it will be advantageous to be firm and correct.

Hexagram 33 遯 — judgment

亨。小利貞。

Thun indicates successful progress (in its circumstances). To a small extent it will (still) be advantageous to be firm and correct.

The changing lines of hexagram 58

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1和兌,吉。The first line, undivided, shows the pleasure of (inward) harmony. There will be good fortune.
2孚兌,吉,悔亡。The second line, undivided, shows the pleasure arising from (inward) sincerity. There will be good fortune. Occasion for repentance will disappear.
3來兌,凶。The third line, divided, shows its subject bringing round himself whatever can give pleasure. There will be evil.
6引兌。The topmost line, divided, shows the pleasure of its subject in leading and attracting others.

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.