Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
Simplicity becomes Inner Peace
What this change means
Water joins water: five lines move, and both trigrams become Lake. Only the top line of 58 Inner Peace stays still, and the reading leans on it. It's a warning: without real inner peace, you're easy prey for shallow entertainments, which win you over little by little until you lose yourself in them, and then you're simply in the hands of fate. So the joy this change opens onto has a shadow. From Simplicity, the lesson is to keep your pleasures as simple as your conduct. Calm and good company can nourish you and help you reach your aims, but only if you don't lose sight of them. Study and practice with friends whose energy matches yours. Notice what's merely distracting you, and step away from it before it takes the lead.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 6 of 58 Inner Peace, which stays still
If you haven't developed real inner peace, you're easy prey for shallow entertainments, which will win you over bit by bit until you lose yourself in them. Now you're only in the hands of fate; you have no control.
Joy that draws on.
- The judgment of 15 Simplicity
This isn't the time to boast or show off. It's time to keep things simple and to make sure you act fairly; your qualities and talents will show on their own and be recognized.
Success. The noble person reaches the end.
- Line 1 of 15 Simplicity
Doing great things without pretension or pride will let you bring what you want to a good end, because you'll have no opponents.
Humble in their humility, the noble person can cross the great river. Good fortune.
- Line 2 of 15 Simplicity
If you do things from the heart and with simplicity, you'll be recognized.
Humility that makes itself heard. Constancy brings good fortune.
- Line 3 of 15 Simplicity
If, despite your position and fame, you stay humble, you won't create rivalries and you'll succeed.
A noble person humble in toil. Reaching the end: good fortune.
- Line 4 of 15 Simplicity
If you carry out your tasks with dedication and without expecting recognition, you'll have great success.
Nothing that is not favorable. Humility spread wide.
- Line 5 of 15 Simplicity
If you hold a position of power, don't abuse it, but don't be careless about other people's mistakes either. It's time to observe and to take measured action.
Not rich, alongside the neighbors. It is favorable to attack and subdue. Nothing that is not favorable.
- The judgment of 58 Inner Peace
You're in a time of calm and inner peace that lets you achieve great things. Spending time with people whose energy is like yours will nourish and recharge you to reach your aims. Still, don't lose sight of your goals, or you'll slide into inertia.
Success. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
58 Inner Peace → 15 Simplicitylines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
Other transformations of Simplicity
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.