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Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, and 5

Good Manners becomes Release from Obstacles

賁 22 Good Manners 渙 59 Release from Obstacles
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Four lines move and only the fourth and top hold still, so Good Manners turns into 59 Release from Obstacles, read through those two lines. The fourth says to loosen personal loyalties and keep your attention on the goal; that leads to success. The top line says to get away in time from whatever endangers you and your people, which isn't flight but dissolving the risk before it arrives. The resulting hexagram describes tension born of selfishness, eased by sincerity and humility. Good manners can sometimes keep you tied to people or arrangements out of politeness alone. Here, courtesy shouldn't override clarity. Keep your goal in view, loosen ties that hold you back, and step away early from real danger.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. Line 4 of 59 Release from Obstacles, which stays still

    Free yourself from personal loyalties and focus on what you want to achieve; this will lead you to success.

    Scatters its band: great good fortune. The scattering forms a hill: not what ordinary people imagine.

  2. Line 6 of 59 Release from Obstacles, which stays still

    Get away in time from whatever puts you and your people in danger. Withdrawing now isn't running away: it's dissolving the risk before it reaches you, and there's no mistake in that.

    Scatters its blood; goes away, departs far off. No fault.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Line 2 of 22 Good Manners

    Pay attention to what is essential; combining it with good manners will bring you achievement.

    Adorning the beard.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. The judgment of 59 Release from Obstacles

    You can free yourself from the obstacles that hold you back if you're able to act sincerely and bring opposites together around shared goals. The tension has arisen because selfishness rules. To move forward, be humble and let the current carry you rather than going against it.

    Success. The king goes to his temple. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.

The trigrams

Below Fire Water
Above Mountain Wind

The way back

59 Release from Obstacles → 22 Good Manners
lines 1, 2, 3, and 5

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