Hexagram 49 · line 1
Revolution
革Gé
Bound fast with the hide of a yellow ox.
Line statement
初九
鞏用黃牛之革。
Bound fast with the hide of a yellow ox.
The yellow oxhide binds rather than releases movement at Line 1. Traditional readings take this as restraint at the beginning of change. Its single-line change makes Mountain below Lake, Hexagram 31, offering a contrast with influence and response.
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: same polarity
Its counterpart is Line 4; the two share a polarity, so this structural correspondence is not responsive.
One line changes