Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Good Manners becomes Overwhelmed
What this change means
All six lines of Good Manners move, and the figure becomes 47 Overwhelmed, a lake with no water. When every line changes, the resulting hexagram's judgment speaks for the whole. It describes a hard situation: the wrong people around you, your words not believed, obstacles hemming you in. The only course is acceptance and patience until things improve, relying on the inner light that lives in you. It's a stark reversal from courtesy and adornment. Polish and good form won't change things right now, and trying to charm your way out may only exhaust you. Turn inward. Your strength is there, not in appearances. Hold to it quietly, don't waste words, and wait for conditions to improve. This is endurance, not defeat, and your inner resources are enough to carry it.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- The judgment of 47 Overwhelmed
Things are very much against you: the wrong people surround you, no one believes what you say, and obstacles hem you in. All you can do is accept it and wait for better conditions to come. Your only resource is the inner light that lives in you; turn to that strength to hold you up right now.
Success. For the great person, constancy brings good fortune. No fault. They speak and are not believed.
- The judgment of 22 Good Manners
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.
Success. In small things, it is favorable to have somewhere to go.
- Line 1 of 22 Good Manners
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.
- Line 2 of 22 Good Manners
Pay attention to what is essential; combining it with good manners will bring you achievement.
Adorning the beard.
- Line 3 of 22 Good Manners
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 4 of 22 Good Manners
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 5 of 22 Good Manners
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 6 of 22 Good Manners
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.
The trigrams
The way back
47 Overwhelmed → 22 Good Mannerslines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.