否卦

Judgment（Original text）

否之匪人，不利君子贞，大往小来。

Hexagram structure

Upper trigram

乾（Heaven） · Metal

Lower trigram

坤（Earth） · Earth

Mutual hexagram

渐 · 风山渐

Reversed (zong)

泰 · 地天泰

Opposite (cuo)

泰 · 地天泰

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初六：拔茅茹，以其汇，贞吉亨。
2. Line 2六二：包承。小人吉，大人否亨。
3. Line 3六三：包羞。
4. Line 4九四：有命无咎，畴离祉。
5. Line 5九五：休否，大人吉。其亡其亡，系于苞桑。
6. Line 6上九：倾否，先否后喜。