Hexagram 22 · ䷕
Grace brings success. In small matters it is favorable to move ahead.
Judgment
Grace brings success. In small matters it is favorable to move ahead.
Image
Fire at the foot of the mountain represents Grace. The noble person brings clarity to public affairs but does not lightly decide legal cases.
Lines
He lends grace to his toes, leaves the carriage, and walks. He lends grace to the beard on his chin. Graceful and moistened by culture, constant perseverance brings good fortune. G...
Success. In small matters it is favorable to have somewhere to go.
Grace brings success. In small matters it is favorable to move ahead.
Grace succeeds. The yielding comes and gives form to the firm, therefore in small matters it is favorable to go forward. The firm rises and gives form to the yielding. This is the pattern of heavenly adornment. Civilized clarity joined with stillness is the pattern of human adornment. By observing the patterns of heaven, one discerns the changes of the times. By observing the patterns of human culture, one transforms and completes the world.
Grace means adornment. The soft comes to adorn the firm, and the firm rises to adorn the soft. This is why small advance is favorable. The patterns of heaven reveal changes in time, and the patterns of human culture can transform and complete the world.
Fire at the foot of the mountain: the image of Grace. The noble person brings clarity to public affairs, but does not lightly decide legal cases.
Fire at the foot of the mountain represents Grace. The noble person brings clarity to public affairs but does not lightly decide legal cases.
He lends grace to his toes, leaves the carriage, and walks.
He lends grace to his toes, leaves the carriage, and walks.
Small Image
He lends grace to his toes; he leaves the carriage and walks. He does not ride because the yielding is in the lowest place.
He leaves the carriage and walks because he does not ride when the yielding is in the lowest place.
Lends grace to the beard on his chin.
He lends grace to the beard on his chin.
Small Image
He lends grace to the beard on his chin. Thus he ascends with the firm above.
Grace on the beard means following the one above with adornment.
Graceful and moist. Constant perseverance brings good fortune.
Graceful and moistened by culture, constant perseverance brings good fortune.
Small Image
Graceful and moist. Constant perseverance brings good fortune, because he does not change his aim.
Graceful and moist, perseverance brings good fortune through unchanging purpose.
Grace or simplicity? A white horse comes as if on wings. He is not a robber, he will woo at the right time.
Grace or simplicity? A white horse comes flying. He is not a robber; he will come to woo in due time.
Small Image
He is not a robber, he will woo at the right time. He doubts and does not act rashly.
He is not a robber but will woo in due time, because he restrains doubt and does not act rashly.
Grace in hills and gardens. The roll of silk is meager and small. Humiliation, but in the end good fortune.
Grace in hills and gardens. The roll of silk is meager and small. Humiliation, but in the end good fortune.
Small Image
Grace in hills and gardens. The roll of silk is meager and small. One may be humiliated, but in the end it furthers one to proceed.
Grace in hills and gardens with meager silk may bring humiliation, but in the end one may still proceed.
Simple grace. No blame.
Simple grace. No blame.
Small Image
Simple grace brings no blame. He attains the summit.
Simple grace brings no blame because one reaches the highest point.
What does Pi / Grace mean in the I Ching?
Grace brings success. In small matters it is favorable to move ahead.
How should I study Hexagram 22 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. He lends grace to his toes, leaves the carriage, and walks. He lends grace to the beard on his chin. Graceful and moistened by culture, constant perseverance brings good fortune. G...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
Grace means adornment. The soft comes to adorn the firm, and the firm rises to adorn the soft. This is why small advance is favorable. The patterns of heaven reveal changes in time, and the patterns of human culture can...
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