The 64 Hexagrams · 22 / 64
贲卦
Hexagram 22 · Grace (Bi) (山火贲)
Judgment(Original text)
亨。小利有攸往。
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初九:贲其趾,舍车而徒。
- Line 2六二:贲其须。
- Line 3九三:贲如濡如,永贞吉。
- Line 4六四:贲如皤如,白马翰如,匪寇婚媾。
- Line 5六五:贲于丘园,束帛戋戋,吝,终吉。
- Line 6上九:白贲,无咎。
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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