Hexagram 40 · line 1

Deliverance

解Xiè

No fault.

Line statement

初六

无咎。

No fault.

Line 1 says only that there is no fault. Changing the broken base to firm makes Lake below Thunder and produces Hexagram 54, a received relationship of unequal positions.

Computed position

How this place works

Trigram position
inner · base

Line 1 is the base of the inner trigram.

Polarity and place
yin in an odd place: not aligned

Its yin polarity does not match 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 54 · The Marrying Maiden