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trigram Lake
trigram Fire

Hexagram 49
Gé, Skinning
Gua Poem:
Skinning on Si-day, then truth. Eminent - expansion, harvest - determination. Regrets disappear.

The great image says: In the middle of the lake is fire: skinning. A noble one, by regulating the
times, makes the seasons clear.

Gé: the ideogram and the story. What does it mean for your question?
This hexagram is complementary to hex.4.

Top 6: The noble one changes like a leopard, small men shed the skin of the face. To set things
right: pitfall. Settling-down determination: auspicious.
Be content with the results when everybody acts as best he can. Asking for more will bring about
failure and bad feelings. A change is for the better, not for perfection.
(Changes to hex.13) Mirror

9 at 5: The great one changes like a tiger. Even before the augury he has truth.
Who acts and reacts open and honest and clearly visible, will find belief. Openness has more power
of expression than any explanation. He is the one who can persuade others towards the good
changes.
(Changes to hex.55) Mirror

9 at 4: Regrets disappear. He has truth in changing the mandate. Auspicious.

To bring about something viable and strong, one has to follow one's own belief and motivation.
What is accepted from others and does not carry this own inner conviction, weakens the result and
prevents it from becoming an organic whole.
(Changes to hex.63)

9 at 3: Demand (or effectuate) that things be set right: pitfall. Determination: danger. When talk of
skinning has gone round three times, it has truth.
Too soon and too late is both wrong. Don't follow every rumor, but don't tally either. The moment
one is sure, one can act, and only then one will find the real participants. There are no fixed rules
for changes, one has to feel one’s way.
(Changes to hex.17) Mirror 17.3
6 at 2: On Sì-day, then skinning is correct. Auspicious. No fault.
A revolution is only fortunate when the time is assisting. Possibilities can be awakened when they
are ready for it, and when the circumstances are favorable. If one missed this point, it is no use to
force anything, but if one hits the right moment, one can make great turnovers.
(Changes to hex.43) Mirror

Initial 9: Bound with yellow cattle's hide.

There are always innumerable reasons why one thinks change is impossible. Evaluate them
critically - very often they are other people's reasons and one has adopted them too easily. What is
common is usually not creative.
(Changes to hex.31) Mirror

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