Hexagram 61 中孚 changing to hexagram 20 觀
Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 2.
What to read
Two changing lines: read both line texts of the original hexagram; the upper one is the main one. (Rule set out by Zhu Xi in the Yixue qimeng.)
Hexagram 61 中孚, line 2
鳴鶴在陰，其子和之，我有好爵，吾與爾靡之。
The second line, undivided, shows its subject (like) the crane crying out in her hidden retirement, and her young ones responding to her. (It is as if it were said), 'I have a cup of good spirits' (and the response were), 'I will partake of it with you'
Hexagram 61 中孚, line 1
虞吉，有它不燕。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject resting (in himself). There will be good fortune. If he sought to any other, he would not find rest.
The two hexagrams
Hexagram 61 中孚 — judgment
豚魚吉，利涉大川，利貞。
Kung Fû (moves even) pigs and fish, and leads to good fortune. There will be advantage in crossing the great stream. There will be advantage in being firm and correct.
Hexagram 20 觀 — judgment
盥而不薦，有孚顒若。
Kwân shows (how he whom it represents should be like) the worshipper who has washed his hands, but not (yet) presented his offerings;—with sincerity and an appearance of dignity (commanding reverent regard).
The changing lines of hexagram 61
| Line | Chinese | Legge |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 虞吉，有它不燕。 | The first line, undivided, shows its subject resting (in himself). There will be good fortune. If he sought to any other, he would not find rest. |
| 2 | 鳴鶴在陰，其子和之，我有好爵，吾與爾靡之。 | The second line, undivided, shows its subject (like) the crane crying out in her hidden retirement, and her young ones responding to her. (It is as if it were said), 'I have a cup of good spirits' (and the response were), 'I will partake of it with you' |
English: James Legge (1882), public domain. Chinese: Zhou Yi.
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