Transformation · line 4
Simplicity becomes Success in Small Matters
What this change means
Thunder rises over the Mountain as the fourth line of Simplicity moves. This is humility spread wide, the line of nothing that isn't favorable. It asks you to carry out your tasks with dedication and without waiting for recognition, and it says this attitude can lead to real success. The resulting hexagram, 62 Success in Small Matters, sets the scale. This isn't a time for grand gestures; it's a time for small achievements, done well. Reaching past your present means and resources would only scatter your effort. The two fit naturally. Humility here means accepting the size of the moment and putting your whole heart into modest work that no one may applaud. Do what's in front of you thoroughly, and don't measure it by how visible it is. The success this line points to tends to grow out of many small, quiet things.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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.
- The judgment of 62 Success in Small Matters
This isn't a time for great things; it's a time for small achievements. Recognizing that will help you live in step with the moment. Trying to go beyond your present means and resources will lead you astray and waste your efforts.
Success. Constancy is favorable. Small things can be done, not great ones. The flying bird leaves its call behind: it is not fitting to rise, it is fitting to descend. Great good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
62 Success in Small Matters → 15 Simplicityline 4
Other transformations of Simplicity
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.