乾卦

Judgment（Original text）

元亨利贞。

Hexagram structure

Upper trigram

乾（Heaven） · Metal

Lower trigram

乾（Heaven） · Metal

Mutual hexagram

乾 · 乾为天

Reversed (zong)

乾 · 乾为天

Opposite (cuo)

坤 · 坤为地

How to read changing lines

When a cast produces moving lines (three of a kind with coins, or a moving line in Mei Hua time casting), classical rules set the priority. Following Zhu Xi's Yixue Qimeng:

• One line movesRead the moving line's text of this hexagram as primary
• Two lines moveRead both moving lines' texts, the upper one takes precedence
• Three lines moveCombine the Judgments of this hexagram and the changed one (ben as zhen, changed as hui)
• Four lines moveRead the two unmoved lines' texts of the changed hexagram, the lower takes precedence
• Five lines moveRead the single unmoved line's text of the changed hexagram
• Six lines moveQian and Kun use their special 'Yong' texts; other hexagrams read the changed hexagram's Judgment

The Line texts are listed in full below.

Lines（Original text）

1. Line 1初九：潜龙，勿用。
2. Line 2九二：见龙在田，利见大人。
3. Line 3九三：君子终日乾乾，夕惕若厉，无咎。
4. Line 4九四：或跃在渊，无咎。
5. Line 5九五：飞龙在天，利见大人。
6. Line 6上九：亢龙有悔。
7. 7用九：见群龙无首，吉。