What this change means
Five lines move, all but the fourth, and both trigrams become Water: Good Manners turns into 29 Water, the pit doubled. That still fourth line of the resulting hexagram is the focus. It says obstacles can be overcome now only if you accept help that seems minor but makes the difference. The resulting hexagram describes obstacles arriving one after another, passed by keeping in motion like a stream rather than freezing in fear. Good Manners matters here in a humble way: graciously accepting small offers of help, even ones you'd normally overlook. Don't wait for a grand rescue. Take the simple hand that's offered, keep moving, and let modest support carry you through the difficult stretch. Pride is the only thing that could keep you stuck.
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 29 Water, which stays still
Obstacles will be overcome now only if you open up to help that seems minor but will make the difference.
A jug of wine, a bowl of grain besides, in clay vessels. The simple offering passes in through the window. In the end, no fault.
- 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 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 judgment of 29 Water
Just as a stream moves through obstacles and gets past them, following its course without stagnating, you're at a time when obstacles will come one after another, but you'll get past them if you can keep moving. Letting fear paralyze you will only leave you stuck.
There is sincere trust. Only the heart gets through. Going earns esteem.
The trigrams
The way back
29 Water → 22 Good Mannerslines 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Good Manners
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.