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Hexagram 58 兌 changing to hexagram 35 晉

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Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 2, 5, 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 35 晉, line 3

眾允,悔亡。

The third line, divided, shows its subject trusted by all (around him). All occasion for repentance will disappear.

Hexagram 35 晉, line 4

晉如鼫鼠,貞厲。

The fourth line, undivided, shows its subject with the appearance of advancing, but like a marmot. However firm and correct he may be, the position is one of peril.

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 35 晉 — judgment

康侯用錫馬蕃庶,晝日三接。

In Zin we see a prince who secures the tranquillity (of the people) presented on that account with numerous horses (by the king), and three times in a day received at interviews.

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.
5孚于剝,有厲。The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject trusting in one who would injure him. The situation is perilous.
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.