Hexagram 22
Grace
Mountain over Fire
The judgment
亨。小利有攸往Fire under the mountain lights the slope without warming it. Ornament carries small matters and leaves large ones as they were.
The image
Fire at the foot of the mountain makes the ridge visible at dusk. A clear outline reads well and carries nothing.
The six lines
Read from the bottom up. A line that moves is read here, and read again in the hexagram it becomes.
- 初九Line 1
贲其趾，舍车而徒
Too little strength to start; leave the carriage and walk, spending effort on your feet rather than display.
- 六二Line 2
贲其须
Trimming the edges of something larger, holding a steady middle place without weight of your own.
- 九三Line 3
贲如濡如，永贞吉
At the inner limit, the luster soaks soft; staying put long is what keeps it from slipping away.
Marked in the textauspicious
- 六四Line 4
贲如皤如，白马翰如，匪寇婚媾
Near the seat of power and afraid; the white horse gallops then halts, and the comer is no rival but a match.
- 六五Line 5
贲于丘园，束帛戋戋，吝，终吉
Withdrawing to a plain garden, offering a thin bundle of cloth; the scene looks bare, and room remains.
Marked in the textnarrow goingauspicious
- 上九Line 6
白贲，无咎
At the end, strip away all ornament until only the plain ground shows; stepping back leaves nothing exposed.
Marked in the textno blame
Where each changing line leads
Flip one line and it is a different hexagram. These are the six it becomes.
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The classical text is the Zhouyi, public domain, checked against a Wikisource transcript. The readings are ours. Daily hexagram