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49 · beginning and impulse

Revolution

Hexagram Revolution shows where the situation asks not for fear-based guessing, but for the exact rhythm of change.

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Zhouyi Core · 周易

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卦辭 · hexagram statement

革:巳日乃孚,元亨。利贞。悔亡。

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Revolution: on the Si day, then there is trust. Originating and free passage. Constancy is beneficial. Regret vanishes.

巳日 is textually and calendrically difficult, often interpreted through variant/phonetic readings. The draft preserves “Si day” instead of silently resolving the dispute.

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Evidence / provenance
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Line 1 · 爻辭

初九:巩用黄牛之革。

Initial Nine: make it firm with the hide of a yellow ox.

黄牛之革 is material/historical imagery. The draft stays concrete and does not import later symbolic associations into translation.

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Line 2 · 爻辭

六二:巳日乃革之,征吉,无咎。

Six in the Second: on the Si day, then change it. To set out is auspicious. No blame.

The same 巳日 ambiguity as the guaci is preserved consistently.

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Line 3 · 爻辭

九三:征凶,贞厉,革言三就,有孚。

Nine in the Third: to set out is ominous; constancy is dangerous. Words of change are brought to completion three times; then there is trust.

三就 can mean repeated completion/confirmation; draft keeps the threefold procedural sense.

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Line 4 · 爻辭

九四:悔亡,有孚改命,吉。

Nine in the Fourth: regret vanishes. There is trust in changing the mandate. Auspicious.

改命 is a political-cosmological phrase; the translation does not equate it with a modern personal “destiny reset.”

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Line 5 · 爻辭

九五:大人虎变,未占有孚。

Nine in the Fifth: the great person changes like a tiger. Before divination, there is trust.

虎变 is kept as the animal transformation image; later moral symbolism belongs to commentary.

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Line 6 · 爻辭

上六:君子豹变,小人革面,征凶,居贞吉。

Top Six: the noble person changes like a leopard; the small person changes the face. To set out is ominous. Dwelling in constancy is auspicious.

革面 is kept as “change the face,” leaving whether it means outward conformity to interpretation.

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Ten Wings · 十翼 · later commentary

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彖傳下 · Tuan Commentary II象傳下 · Image Commentary II

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OmenHall modern interpretation · the section below is modern application. It is not a translation of the Zhouyi and it is not the Ten Wings.

Situation

The theme sits in the field of revolution: it is important to see what has ripened and what still needs form.

Advice

Take one clear step, name the boundary, and do not turn the sign into a guarantee of outcome.

Caution

I Ching does not replace legal, medical, financial, or psychological help.

How to read lines

  • First read Revolution as the state of the question, not as a promise of an event.
  • If there are changing lines, they show not a second prediction, but the place where the situation has begun to move.
  • The resulting hexagram is read as the direction of transformation, not as a guaranteed outcome.

A changing line does not cancel the main hexagram. It shows the seam through which the old form is already turning into a new one.

For day and decision

Daily I Ching

On a Revolution day, look for one small step that fits the rhythm of the moment. Do not turn the whole day into a hexagram test.

I Ching for decisions

For a decision, Revolution asks not “what will definitely happen,” but “which action is ripe now, and which is premature.”

Reflection questions

  • Where is the movement here, and where is resistance?
  • Which small step fits the timing?
  • What must be accepted as fact?

Small practice

  • Write the question in one line without naming another person if it can be phrased through your own choice.
  • Mark what is already fact, what is fear, and what is still only assumption.
  • After the reading, choose one step for the next 24 hours, not a plan for your entire fate.

Journal

  • Where does the theme of “Revolution” appear in my situation?
  • What fact must I accept before asking for a sign?
  • Which step is small enough not to break the balance?

Reading boundary

I Ching in OmenHall does not diagnose, replace professionals, or guarantee the future. It is a language of timing, choice, and proportion.

The best ending for an I Ching reading is to name one fact, one risk, one step, and one time when you will return to the question without compulsive repetition.