Transformation · lines 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Good Manners becomes Inner Peace
What this change means
Only the first line stays still as Good Manners turns into 58 Inner Peace, lake joined to lake. That line of the resulting hexagram says a state of calm and inner joy helps you stay centered and achieve what you want. Five lines changing mark a deep shift: from adornment to contentment, from outward form to inner ease. The resulting hexagram adds that time with people whose energy matches yours restores you, and warns against losing sight of your goals and drifting into inertia. Let calm be your base. Enjoy friends, learn together, and keep your manners light and warm. Just keep a thread of purpose running through the ease, so that peace stays alive rather than turning stagnant. Calm, shared with good friends, becomes a quiet source of strength.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 1 of 58 Inner Peace, which stays still
A state of calm and inner joy will help you stay centered and achieve what you want.
Joy in harmony. Good fortune.
- 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 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 judgment of 58 Inner Peace
You're in a time of calm and inner peace that lets you achieve great things. Spending time with people whose energy is like yours will nourish and recharge you to reach your aims. Still, don't lose sight of your goals, or you'll slide into inertia.
Success. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
58 Inner Peace → 22 Good Mannerslines 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Good Manners
Make your own cast
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