In practice
The judgment
It's a time to be kind and courteous and to use good manners with others if you want good results in what you undertake. What might seem superficial at another time leads you to success now. It's a time to handle everyday matters, not great undertakings.
The poetry
Adornment
Success. In small things, it is favorable to have somewhere to go.
The image
Fire below the mountain: adornment. So the noble person brings clarity to the common affairs of government, but does not dare to decide lawsuits.
The lines
- Line 6上九
Your true worth isn't on the outside: it lies in the wonderful jewel that lives within you, and others will recognize it.
White adornment. No fault.
- Line 5六五
Your genuine inner attitude, small as it may seem to you, is welcomed and accepted in higher circles.
Adornment on the hill and in the garden. The roll of silk is meager. Distress; in the end, good fortune.
- Line 4六四
A time of great well-being is coming, and you can allow yourself to enjoy it.
Adorned and white; a white horse as if on wings. Not a raider: one who comes to ask for marriage.
- Line 3九三
When well-being surrounds you, don't relax too much and lose yourself in it.
Adorned, as if soaked through. Lasting constancy brings good fortune.
- Line 2六二
Pay attention to what is essential; combining it with good manners will bring you achievement.
Adorning the beard.
- Line 1初九
Success in everyday matters now depends on using the resources that are yours, and no more.
Adorning the feet; leaving the carriage and going on foot.
Its 63 transformations
Depending on which lines move in your cast, Good Manners turns into another hexagram. Pick the lines from your cast.
One moving line
6
Two moving lines
15
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 1 and 2
- 23The Falllines 1 and 3
- 41Decreaselines 2 and 3
- 56The Travelerlines 1 and 4
- 14Wealthlines 2 and 4
- 21Bitinglines 3 and 4
- 53Gradual Progresslines 1 and 5
- 9Small Thingslines 2 and 5
- 42Increaselines 3 and 5
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 4 and 5
- 15Simplicitylines 1 and 6
- 11Well-Beinglines 2 and 6
- 24Coming Backlines 3 and 6
- 55Abundancelines 4 and 6
- 63After the Endlines 5 and 6
Three moving lines
20
- 4Immaturitylines 1, 2, and 3
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 1, 2, and 4
- 35Advancelines 1, 3, and 4
- 38Oppositeslines 2, 3, and 4
- 57Gentlenesslines 1, 2, and 5
- 20Observinglines 1, 3, and 5
- 61Inner Integritylines 2, 3, and 5
- 33Leaving Behindlines 1, 4, and 5
- 1Activitylines 2, 4, and 5
- 25Innocencelines 3, 4, and 5
- 46Going Uplines 1, 2, and 6
- 2Passivitylines 1, 3, and 6
- 19Fleeting Successlines 2, 3, and 6
- 62Success in Small Matterslines 1, 4, and 6
- 34Great Manifestationlines 2, 4, and 6
- 51Shocklines 3, 4, and 6
- 39Held Backlines 1, 5, and 6
- 5Inactionlines 2, 5, and 6
- 3Initial Obstacleslines 3, 5, and 6
- 49Renewallines 4, 5, and 6
Four moving lines
15
- 64Transitionlines 1, 2, 3, and 4
- 59Release from Obstacleslines 1, 2, 3, and 5
- 44Lack of Firmnesslines 1, 2, 4, and 5
- 12Declinelines 1, 3, 4, and 5
- 10Treading Carefullylines 2, 3, 4, and 5
- 7The Armylines 1, 2, 3, and 6
- 32What Lastslines 1, 2, 4, and 6
- 16Passionlines 1, 3, 4, and 6
- 54A Subordinate Rolelines 2, 3, 4, and 6
- 48Right Actionlines 1, 2, 5, and 6
- 8Unionlines 1, 3, 5, and 6
- 60Thriftlines 2, 3, 5, and 6
- 31Attractionlines 1, 4, 5, and 6
- 43Overflowinglines 2, 4, 5, and 6
- 17Adaptinglines 3, 4, 5, and 6
Five moving lines
6
All six lines moving
1
The classical text
賁：亨。小利有攸往。
象曰：山下有火，賁；君子以明庶政，无敢折獄。
初九：賁其趾，舍車而徒。
六二：賁其須。
九三：賁如濡如，永貞吉。
六四：賁如皤如，白馬翰如，匪寇婚媾。
六五：賁於丘園，束帛戔戔，吝，終吉。
上九：白賁，无咎。
Related hexagrams
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.