Hexagram 22 · line 1

Grace

賁Bì

Adorning the toes, leaving the carriage and going on foot.

Line statement

初九

賁其趾,舍車而徒。

Adorning the toes, leaving the carriage and going on foot.

Adorned toes, leaving the carriage, and walking are placed at Line 1, which is firm. When it yields, lower fire becomes mountain and the figure is the doubled-mountain Hexagram 52.

Computed position

How this place works

Trigram position
inner · base

Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.

Polarity and place
yang in an odd place: aligned

Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.

Correspondence
Line 4: responsive

Its counterpart is Line 4; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.

One line changes

Moving to 52 · Keeping Still (Mountain)