Hexagram 49 · ䷰
Revolution. On your own day you are believed. Supreme success. Furthering through perseverance. Remorse disappears.
Judgment
Revolution. On your own day you are believed. Supreme success. Furthering through perseverance. Remorse disappears.
Image
Fire in the lake represents Revolution. The noble person sets the calendar and defines the seasons.
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He is secured by yellow oxhide—cannot act yet. On your own day you are believed. Setting out brings good fortune. No blame. Setting out brings misfortune. Perseverance brings dange...
Revolution. On your own day you are believed. Supreme success. Furthering through perseverance. Remorse disappears.
Revolution. On your own day you are believed. Supreme success. Furthering through perseverance. Remorse disappears.
Revolution means that water and fire extinguish each other. Two daughters dwell together, but their wills do not work together—hence the name Revolution. On your own day you are believed: through revolution comes trust. Clear and joyful, great success through the right. When revolution is appropriate, remorse disappears. Heaven and earth revolutionize themselves, and thus the four seasons are formed. Tang and Wu revolutionized, obeying heaven and responding to the people. The time of Revolution is truly great.
Revolution means water and fire extinguish each other. When two daughters dwell together but their wills do not align, revolution occurs. Being believed on your own day comes through revolution. Clarity and joy bring great success through rightness.
Fire in the lake: the image of Revolution. The noble person sets the calendar and defines the seasons.
Fire in the lake represents Revolution. The noble person sets the calendar and defines the seasons.
He is secured by means of a yellow oxhide.
He is secured by yellow oxhide—cannot act yet.
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He is secured by means of a yellow oxhide: he cannot act yet.
Yellow oxhide securing means he cannot act yet.
On your own day you are believed. Setting out brings good fortune. No blame.
On your own day you are believed. Setting out brings good fortune. No blame.
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On your own day you are believed: his action brings blessing.
Being believed brings blessing through action.
Setting out brings misfortune. Perseverance brings danger. When talk of revolution has gone the rounds three times, there is confidence.
Setting out brings misfortune. Perseverance brings danger. After three rounds of discussion, confidence emerges.
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When talk of revolution has gone the rounds three times: whom could one blame?
After three rounds of discussion, whom could one blame?
Remorse disappears. He is believed and changes the form of government. Good fortune.
Remorse disappears. He changes the form of government and is believed. Good fortune.
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He is believed and changes the form of government: he trusts his own purpose.
Changing government while being trusted shows confidence in purpose.
The great man changes like a tiger. Even before he questions the oracle, he is believed.
The great man changes like a tiger. Even before questioning the oracle, he is believed.
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The great man changes like a tiger: his patterns become brilliant.
Great man changing like a tiger shows brilliant patterns.
The noble person changes like a leopard. The inferior person changes his face. Setting out brings misfortune. To remain persevering brings good fortune.
The noble person changes like a leopard. The inferior person changes his face. Setting out brings misfortune. Remaining persevering brings good fortune.
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The noble person changes like a leopard: his patterns become magnificent. The inferior person changes his face: he obeys the ruler above.
Noble person changing like a leopard shows magnificent patterns. Inferior person changing face shows obedience to ruler.
What does Ko / Revolution mean in the I Ching?
Revolution. On your own day you are believed. Supreme success. Furthering through perseverance. Remorse disappears.
How should I study Hexagram 49 on this page?
Start with the judgment and image, then read the line statements in sequence. He is secured by yellow oxhide—cannot act yet. On your own day you are believed. Setting out brings good fortune. No blame. Setting out brings misfortune. Perseverance brings dange...
How can this hexagram be applied in a modern reading?
Revolution means water and fire extinguish each other. When two daughters dwell together but their wills do not align, revolution occurs. Being believed on your own day comes through revolution. Clarity and joy bring gre...
Primary text: Zhouyi / I Ching, including the Judgment, Image, line texts, and related commentaries.
Translation basis: public-domain and modern study references, with AI used only as a learning aid.