损卦

Judgment（Original text）

有孚，元吉，无咎，可贞，利有攸往。曷之用，二簋可用享。

Hexagram structure

Upper trigram

艮（Mountain） · Earth

Lower trigram

兑（Lake） · Metal

Mutual hexagram

复 · 地雷复

Reversed (zong)

益 · 风雷益

Opposite (cuo)

咸 · 泽山咸

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：已事遄往，无咎，酌损之。
2. Line 2九二：利贞，征凶，弗损益之。
3. Line 3六三：三人行，则损一人；一人行，则得其友。
4. Line 4六四：损其疾，使遄有喜，无咎。
5. Line 5六五：或益之，十朋之龟弗克违，元吉。
6. Line 6上九：弗损益之，无咎，贞吉，利有攸往，得臣无家。