Hexagram 58 兌 changing to hexagram 56 旅
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 2, 3, 5, 6.
What to read
Five changing lines: read the one unchanged line of the resulting hexagram. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 56 旅, line 4
旅于處,得其資斧,我心不快。
The fourth line, undivided, shows the traveller in a resting-place, having (also) the means of livelihood and the axe, (but still saying), 'I am not at ease in my mind'
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 56 旅 — judgment
小亨,旅貞吉。
Lii intimates that (in the condition which it denotes) there may be some little attainment and progress. If the stranger or traveller be firm and correct as he ought to be, there will be good fortune.
The changing lines of hexagram 58
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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.