Contemporary Interpretation
Listen to your song!
Clarity
Bears
Growth that
Shows us the way
Towards ourselves:
Listen
To your song!
Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams
Upper Trigram: Dui, Lake
2nd Core Character: Qian, Heaven
1st Core Character: Sun, Wind (Tree)
Lower Trigram: Li, Fire
The Hexagram's Inner Trigrams in the Context of Yin and Yang
Changes and Impulses
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Revolution (49) signifies removal of what is obsolete.
The image
Fire within the lake: the image of revolution. Thus the superior man puts the calender in order and makes the seasons clear.
The judgement
Revolution. You will encounter faith on your own day. Sublime success, furthering through perseverance. Remorse disappears.Full text of Richard Wilhelm's 1924 translation by Cary F. Baynes
- Hexagram 48 → hexagram 49 → hexagram 50
- SI1 (An Inner Marshland)
- Spring
- Page of Cups and Five of Swords