益卦

Judgment（Original text）

利有攸往，利涉大川。

Hexagram structure

Upper trigram

巽（Wind） · Wood

Lower trigram

震（Thunder） · Wood

Mutual hexagram

剥 · 山地剥

Reversed (zong)

损 · 山泽损

Opposite (cuo)

恒 · 雷风恒

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：利用为大作，元吉，无咎。
2. Line 2六二：或益之，十朋之龟弗克违，永贞吉。王用享于帝，吉。
3. Line 3六三：益之用凶事，无咎。有孚中行，告公用圭。
4. Line 4六四：中行，告公从。利用为依迁国。
5. Line 5九五：有孚惠心，勿问元吉。有孚惠我德。
6. Line 6上九：莫益之，或击之，立心勿恒，凶。