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Hexagram 61 中孚 changing to hexagram 64 未濟

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Changing lines (counted from the bottom): 1, 4, 5.

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 61 中孚

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.

Judgment of hexagram 64 未濟

亨。小狐汔濟,濡其尾,无攸利。

Wei Zî intimates progress and success (in the circumstances which it implies). (We see) a young fox that has nearly crossed (the stream), when its tail gets immersed. There will be no advantage in any way.

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 64 未濟 — judgment

亨。小狐汔濟,濡其尾,无攸利。

Wei Zî intimates progress and success (in the circumstances which it implies). (We see) a young fox that has nearly crossed (the stream), when its tail gets immersed. There will be no advantage in any way.

The changing lines of hexagram 61

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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.
4月既望,馬匹亡,无咎。The fourth line, divided, shows its subject (like) the moon nearly full, and (like) a horse (in a chariot) whose fellow disappears. There will be no error.
5有孚攣如,无咎。The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject perfectly sincere, and linking (others) to him in closest union. There will be no error.

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.