What this change means
Thunder doubled replaces fire under the mountain: the third, fourth and top lines move, and Good Manners becomes 51 Shock. Both judgments carry equal weight. Good Manners asks for courtesy and care in everyday matters. Shock says that when unexpected events would frighten others, you can keep control and act calmly, and that this composure lets you succeed where others fail. The pairing suggests that grace under pressure is the real test of good manners. Anyone can be polite when things are smooth. When something shakes the ground, keep your composure, respond with calm and consideration, and don't lose your form. Look inward, steady yourself, and act. Poise in a crisis tends to earn more trust than any polish in calm times.
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 51 Shock
When unexpected situations come along that would frighten others, keep control and act calmly, without losing your composure. This attitude will get you results in what you want and let you succeed where others fail.
Success. Thunder comes, and there is dread; then laughter and easy talk. The thunder alarms a hundred leagues around, yet neither the ladle nor the sacrificial wine is let fall.
- 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 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
51 Shock → 22 Good Mannerslines 3, 4, and 6
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
- 33Leaving Behindlines 1, 4, 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
- 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.