Transformation · lines 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Simplicity becomes Innocence
What this change means
Thunder rolls under Heaven and everything is as it truly is: five lines move and only the second stays still. That steady line of 25 Innocence says success comes from doing your work without counting what it will earn you. This is close to the heart of Simplicity. Its humility asked you not to boast and to let your qualities show on their own; here that becomes a pure heart, free of hidden motives. Acting this way, in line with what is right, opens you to good fortune. Calculating rewards does the opposite and tends to bring obstacles. Look at your motives honestly. Do the task for its own sake, at the right time, and let the outcome take care of itself.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 2 of 25 Innocence, which stays still
Doing your work without thinking about what you'll get from it is the way to succeed.
Not plowing with the harvest in mind, not clearing land with the ripe field in mind: then it is favorable to have somewhere to go.
- 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 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.
- Line 6 of 15 Simplicity
If situations come up that aren't right, your stance must be firm: take the actions needed to correct them.
Humility that makes itself heard. It is favorable to set the army in motion against the town and the country.
- The judgment of 25 Innocence
If you act with a pure heart, free of hidden motives and without straying from what is right, true to original human nature, you'll let the blessings of heaven reach you. Otherwise you'll meet obstacles and your affairs will become difficult.
Great success. Constancy is favorable. If it is not upright, there is calamity. It is not favorable to have somewhere to go.
The trigrams
The way back
25 Innocence → 15 Simplicitylines 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Simplicity
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.