Transformation · lines 2 and 3
The Tribe becomes Inner Integrity
What this change means
Lines two and three move, and the lower Fire becomes Lake; wind over the lake gives 61 Inner Integrity. The third line carries the most weight. It calls for discipline and care with your tasks, and it tells you that a lax attitude will bring trouble, while a firm one, even if it stings, ends well. The second line steadies that firmness: don't force things, take your proper place and carry out your duties. The resulting hexagram shows what holds it all together. When you're whole inside, it shows on the outside, and others are moved by it. That's the household's own lesson too: words with substance, conduct that doesn't waver. Here, the firmness and the modesty both need to come from a real place in you. People respond to sincerity far more than to rules alone.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 3 of 37 The Tribe
Keeping discipline and doing your tasks matter if you want to reach your goals. If you take it too lightly, you'll run into trouble.
The household amid stern shouting: regret, danger, good fortune. Wife and children giggling: in the end, distress.
- Line 2 of 37 The Tribe
This is not the time to get anything by force. Take your proper place and carry out the duties you've been given.
Pursues nothing of their own: tends the food within. Constancy brings good fortune.
- The judgment of 37 The Tribe
Right relationships, with everyone in their proper place and fully carrying out their role, will move things forward and make success last. Your words need to match your actions so they come across as genuine.
The constancy of the woman is favorable.
- The judgment of 61 Inner Integrity
When you're whole within, it shows on the outside, and you'll be able to do great things and to let your truth move others toward great undertakings.
Piglets and fish: good fortune. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
61 Inner Integrity → 37 The Tribelines 2 and 3
Other transformations of The Tribe
- 57Gentlenesslines 1 and 2
- 20Observinglines 1 and 3
- 33Leaving Behindlines 1 and 4
- 1Activitylines 2 and 4
- 25Innocencelines 3 and 4
- 52Abidinglines 1 and 5
- 26Great Achievementslines 2 and 5
- 27Nourishmentlines 3 and 5
- 30The Flamelines 4 and 5
- 39Held Backlines 1 and 6
- 5Inactionlines 2 and 6
- 3Initial Obstacleslines 3 and 6
- 49Renewallines 4 and 6
- 36Darknesslines 5 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.