Hexagram 60 節 changing to hexagram 49 革

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Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 2, 3, 4.

What to read

Three changing lines: read the judgments of the original and the resulting hexagram; the original is the main one. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)

Judgment of hexagram 60 節

亨。苦節不可貞。

Kieh. intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) if the regulations (which it prescribes) be severe and difficult, they cannot be permanent.

(What takes place as indicated by) Ko is believed in only after it has been accomplished. There will be great progress and success. Advantage will come from being firm and correct. (In that case) occasion for repentance will disappear.

The two hexagrams

Hexagram 60 節 — judgment

亨。苦節不可貞。

Kieh. intimates that (under its conditions) there will be progress and attainment. (But) if the regulations (which it prescribes) be severe and difficult, they cannot be permanent.

Hexagram 49 革 — judgment

已日乃孚，元亨。利貞。悔亡。

The changing lines of hexagram 60

Line	Chinese	Legge
2	不出門庭，凶。	The second line, undivided, shows its subject not quitting the courtyard inside his gate. There will be evil.
3	不節若，則嗟若，无咎。	The third line, divided, shows its subject with no appearance of observing the (proper) regulations, in which case we shall see him lamenting. But there will be no one to blame (but himself).
4	安節，亨。	The fourth line, divided, shows its subject quietly and naturally (attentive to all) regulations. There will be progress and success.

English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.

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