Hexagram 59: 渙 (huàn)
Judgment
亨，王假有廟，利涉大川，利貞。
Hwân intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and success. The king goes to his ancestral temple; and it will be advantageous to cross the great stream. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct.
Commentary on the judgment (彖傳)
渙，亨。剛來而不窮，柔得位乎外而上同。王假有廟，王乃在中也。利涉大川，乘木有功也。
The image (大象)
風行水上，渙；先王以享于帝立廟。
The six lines
| Line | Chinese | Legge | Changes to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 — | 渙其血，去逖出，无咎。 | The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject disposing of (what may be called) its bloody wounds, and going and separating himself from its anxious fears. There will be no error. | 29 |
| 5 — | 渙汗其大號，渙王居，无咎。 | The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject amidst the dispersion issuing his great announcements as the perspiration (flows from his body). He scatters abroad (also) the accumulations in the royal granaries. There will be no error. | 4 |
| 4 – – | 渙其群，元吉。渙有丘，匪夷所思。 | The fourth line, divided, shows its subject scattering the (different) parties (in the state); which leads to great good fortune. From the dispersion (he collects again good men standing out, a crowd) like a mound, which is what ordinary men would not have thought of. | 6 |
| 3 – – | 渙其躬，无悔。 | The third line, divided, shows its subject discarding any regard to his own person. There will be no occasion for repentance. | 57 |
| 2 — | 渙奔其机，悔亡。 | The second line, undivided, shows its subject, amid the dispersion, hurrying to his contrivance (for security). All occasion for repentance will disappear. | 20 |
| 1 – – | 用拯馬壯，吉，悔亡。 | The first line, divided, shows its subject engaged in rescuing (from the impending evil) and having (the assistance of) a strong horse. There will be good fortune. | 61 |
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Related hexagrams
- Inverse (lines in reverse order): hexagram 60
- Opposite (every line changed): hexagram 55 · reading
- Nuclear (lines 2–4 and 3–5): hexagram 27
English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. 16 (1882) — public domain; OCR text of the 1882 printing, checked against the proofread hexagrams. Chinese: Zhou Yi from Chinese Wikisource.
Character glossary
- 亨hēngprospering, going smoothly
- 王wángking, ruler; royal; surname
- 假jiǎfake, false, deceitful; vacation
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 廟miàotemple, shrine; imperial court
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 涉shèsconcerned, involved; to experience; to
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 川chuānstream, river
- 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
- 用yòngto use, to employ, to apply; use
- 拯zhěngto aid, to help; to lift, to raise
- 馬mǎhorse; surname
- 壯zhuàngbig, large; robust, strong; the name of
- 吉jílucky, propitious, good
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
- 渙huànscattered; to scatter
- 奔bēnto rush about; to run, to flee
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 机jīdesk; machine; moment, opportunity
- 躬gōngto bow; personally, in person; oneself
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 群qúngroup, crowd; multitude, mob
- 元yuánfirst; dollar; origin; head
- 丘qiūmound, hill; surname
- 匪fěibandits, robbers, gangsters
- 夷yíancient barbarian tribes
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 思sīto think, to ponder, to consider; final
- 汗hànperspiration, sweat
- 號hàomark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to
- 居jūto live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 血xuèblood
- 去qùto go away, to leave, to depart
- 逖tìdistant, far; to keep at a distance
- 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
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.