Transformation · lines 5 and 6
Good Manners becomes After the End
What this change means
Water above fire: the top and fifth lines move, the upper Mountain becomes Water, and Good Manners turns into 63 After the End. Leading is the top line, with its unpainted white: your worth is inward and others will recognize it. The fifth adds that your sincere attitude, meager as it may seem, is welcomed in higher circles, uneasy at the start, fortunate by the close. Both say that simplicity is enough. The resulting hexagram describes a passing success, followed by a period of stagnation that you can soften by preparing ahead. So accept the recognition, don't inflate it, and think about the turn before it arrives. Plainness makes the change easier to weather, because you haven't built on appearances.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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 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 63 After the End
You're in a situation where you'll have a passing success: everything seems to be in your favor, and at the end comes a period of stagnation. If you prepare for it ahead of time, you'll be able to soften its effects.
Success in small things. Constancy is favorable. At first, good fortune; in the end, disorder.
The trigrams
The way back
63 After the End → 22 Good Mannerslines 5 and 6
Other transformations of Good Manners
- 18Loss, Then Gainlines 1 and 2
- 23The Falllines 1 and 3
- 41Decreaselines 2 and 3
- 56The Travelerlines 1 and 4
- 14Wealthlines 2 and 4
- 21Bitinglines 3 and 4
- 53Gradual Progresslines 1 and 5
- 9Small Thingslines 2 and 5
- 42Increaselines 3 and 5
- 13Gathering with Equalslines 4 and 5
- 15Simplicitylines 1 and 6
- 11Well-Beinglines 2 and 6
- 24Coming Backlines 3 and 6
- 55Abundancelines 4 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.