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Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, and 5

Release from Obstacles becomes Good Manners

渙 59 Release from Obstacles 賁 22 Good Manners
Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

Fire now burns at the foot of the mountain as four lines move, the image of 22 Good Manners. With most of the hexagram changing, the reading rests on the two lines that hold still. The fourth says a time of real well-being is coming, and you can let yourself enjoy it. The top line says your true worth isn't on the surface: it's a jewel inside you, and others will see it. After a scattering, that's welcome news. The friction can give way to a gentler, more pleasant stretch, where kindness and courtesy carry more weight than force. Use good manners deliberately; what might seem a small thing elsewhere is what moves people now. Keep to everyday matters rather than great undertakings. And don't worry about appearances: what you are inside will speak for you without much display.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. Line 4 of 22 Good Manners, which stays still

    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.

  2. Line 6 of 22 Good Manners, which stays still

    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.

  3. The judgment of 59 Release from Obstacles

    You can free yourself from the obstacles that hold you back if you're able to act sincerely and bring opposites together around shared goals. The tension has arisen because selfishness rules. To move forward, be humble and let the current carry you rather than going against it.

    Success. The king goes to his temple. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.

  4. Line 1 of 59 Release from Obstacles

    Before the separation begins, you can use your resources to prevent it by joining forces.

    Rescue comes with a strong horse. Good fortune.

  5. Line 2 of 59 Release from Obstacles

    Recognizing that you've isolated yourself and pulled away from shared purposes will help you get past the obstacles.

    In the scattering, it runs to its support. Regret vanishes.

  6. Line 3 of 59 Release from Obstacles

    If you're clear about your goals and purposes, you'll be able to give ground so as to find unity and get past the obstacles.

    Scatters its own self. No regret.

  7. Line 5 of 59 Release from Obstacles

    In times of deep division and widespread selfishness, make unity your aim, even if it means yielding more than you think you should.

    Scatters its great proclamation like sweat. Scatters the dwelling of the king. No fault.

  8. 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 trigrams

Below Water Fire
Above Wind Mountain

The way back

22 Good Manners → 59 Release from Obstacles
lines 1, 2, 3, and 5

Other transformations of Release from Obstacles

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