Transformation · lines 1, 4, and 5
Good Manners becomes Leaving Behind
What this change means
A mountain under heaven takes the place of fire under the mountain: the first, fourth and fifth lines move, and Good Manners becomes 33 Leaving Behind. The two judgments are balanced. Good Manners favors courtesy and attention to everyday matters. Leaving Behind says that stepping back now isn't a loss; it lets you recover strength and think about how to set things right. Put together, they describe a graceful withdrawal. If something isn't good for you, you can leave it without drama, politely and firmly. Keep less trustworthy influences at a distance, without hostility but with rigor. What looks like a loss can become a gain once you've let go. Recover, take stock, and return later in a better direction.
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 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.
- The judgment of 33 Leaving Behind
Leaving a path behind or stepping back right now isn't a bad thing. On the contrary, it will help you recover your strength and think carefully about the situation and how to set it right. Sometimes what looks like a loss turns into a gain, if you can let go of what isn't good for you and then pick up again in the right direction.
Success. In small things, constancy is favorable.
- 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 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.
The trigrams
The way back
33 Leaving Behind → 22 Good Mannerslines 1, 4, and 5
Other transformations of Good Manners
- 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
- 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
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.