离卦

Judgment（Original text）

利贞，亨。畜牝牛，吉。

Hexagram structure

Upper trigram

离（Fire） · Fire

Lower trigram

离（Fire） · Fire

Mutual hexagram

大过 · 泽风大过

Reversed (zong)

离 · 离为火

Opposite (cuo)

坎 · 坎为水

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：履错然，敬之无咎。
2. Line 2六二：黄离，元吉。
3. Line 3九三：日昃之离，不鼓缶而歌，则大耋之嗟，凶。
4. Line 4九四：突如其来如，焚如，死如，弃如。
5. Line 5六五：出涕沱若，戚嗟若，吉。
6. Line 6上九：王用出征，有嘉折首，获匪其丑，无咎。