The 64 Hexagrams · 15 / 64
谦卦
Hexagram 15 · Modesty (Qian) (地山谦)
Judgment(Original text)
亨,君子有终。
Hexagram structure
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)
- Line 1初六:谦谦君子,用涉大川,吉。
- Line 2六二:鸣谦,贞吉。
- Line 3九三:劳谦君子,有终吉。
- Line 4六四:无不利,撝谦。
- Line 5六五:不富以其邻,利用侵伐,无不利。
- Line 6上六:鸣谦,利用行师,征邑国。
How to use this hexagram
Cast a hexagram for your questionHold this hexagram in mind with your question, cast online with Mei Hua Yi Shu, and the AI will read it together with this hexagram.
Cast with coins (Liu Yao)The coin method marks moving lines — more detail for a concrete question.
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