Transformation · lines 1, 4, 5, and 6
Inner Integrity becomes Clearing Obstacles
What this change means
Thunder and rain clear the air: four lines move, and 61 Inner Integrity becomes 40 Clearing Obstacles. The second and third lines, still, carry the reading. The second says that with the obstacles overcome, flattery can now catch you easily; resist it, and expose what's wrong in a clean, faultless way, and success follows. The third warns that acting high-handed and boasting of your achievements will draw quarrels and envy that can take away what you've gained. So the relief is real, and so is the new risk. Success attracts flatterers and rivals. Stay level-headed. Don't believe the praise too much, and don't announce your victories. Clean up what's wrong, quietly and thoroughly. Modesty after a win protects it. Let the clean result do the talking.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 2 of 40 Clearing Obstacles, which stays still
The obstacles are overcome; now you're easy prey for flattery. If you avoid falling for it and bring what isn't right into the open, cleanly and without a single flaw, you'll succeed.
On the hunt, catches three foxes and gains a yellow arrow. Constancy brings good fortune.
- Line 3 of 40 Clearing Obstacles, which stays still
If you act high-handed and boast about your achievements, exaggerating them, you'll draw quarrels and envy that threaten to take away what you've gained.
Carries a load on the back and rides in a carriage: this brings raiders. Constancy brings distress.
- 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.
- Line 1 of 61 Inner Integrity
If behind what you do there's a wish to manipulate others, your intentions will be exposed.
Being ready: good fortune. If there is something else, no ease.
- Line 4 of 61 Inner Integrity
It's a time to lean on spiritual forces to strengthen your inner integrity and head confidently toward your goal, without looking back.
The moon is nearly full. One horse of the pair is lost. No fault.
- Line 5 of 61 Inner Integrity
You have an inner strength that lets you draw others toward a shared well-being and shared goals.
There is sincere trust, holding fast like links in a chain. No fault.
- Line 6 of 61 Inner Integrity
If your inner strength rests only on words, you won't have the power to rally people that you need to reach your goals.
A bird's cry climbs to heaven. Even with constancy, misfortune.
- The judgment of 40 Clearing Obstacles
The obstacles have been overcome one by one. You're in a time when balance matters: act quickly and decisively as far as you can, without overrating your abilities. If you feel you need a rest, or even to step back before going on, do it.
The southwest is favorable. With nowhere to go, coming back brings good fortune. With somewhere to go, going early brings good fortune.
The trigrams
The way back
40 Clearing Obstacles → 61 Inner Integritylines 1, 4, 5, and 6
Other transformations of Inner Integrity
- 33Leaving Behindlines 1, 2, 3, and 4
- 52Abidinglines 1, 2, 3, and 5
- 35Advancelines 1, 2, 4, and 5
- 50The Vessel of Nourishmentlines 1, 3, 4, and 5
- 30The Flamelines 2, 3, 4, and 5
- 39Held Backlines 1, 2, 3, and 6
- 45Meetinglines 1, 2, 4, and 6
- 28Excesseslines 1, 3, 4, and 6
- 49Renewallines 2, 3, 4, and 6
- 2Passivitylines 1, 2, 5, and 6
- 46Going Uplines 1, 3, 5, and 6
- 36Darknesslines 2, 3, 5, and 6
- 51Shocklines 2, 4, 5, and 6
- 34Great Manifestationlines 3, 4, 5, and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.