Lin, six at the topHexagram 19, line 6 · Lin (Approach) · changing to 41
The line
In plain wordsTreating people with a generous, honest heart, and staying that way to the end. Good fortune, no blame.
The Image commentary on this line
敦臨之吉，志在內也。
The good fortune of "generous approach": the purpose is set on what is within.
The small Image commentary is the earliest explanation of the line texts. It usually explains a line from its position: where it stands, whether it holds the center, and which line answers it.
Verdict
吉Favorable. This text describes a good outcome. Act the way it says and the matter can succeed. The promise has a condition: keep to the right course.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- When it comes time to wrap up and hand over, be all the more generous to the end: support those coming after you, don't fight over credit, and don't be stingy with goodwill. This is the good way to finish.
- Love
- In love, what counts is a generous, honest heart. Be kind and forgiving toward the other person, don't keep score of who gives more, and stay this way from start to finish; then this love is one you can rely on.
- Money
- Be generous in how you treat people over money: give others their full share, don't take advantage, and never shortchange old customers and old partners. Keep doing this all the way, and you will not go wrong.
This is how to read it when this is the only changing line. With several changing lines, first see which text governs; for the hexagram as a whole, see Lin.
Line position
A yin line in a yin place: it is in its proper place. Its partner is the third line, which is also yin, so there is no answer from it.
Top place: the end of the matter. What reaches its limit turns. Know when to stop.
When you get this line
If this is the only changing line in your cast (three inscribed sides, old yin), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Lin (Approach); when this line changes it becomes Sun (Decrease): hexagram 19 changing to 41.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Sun (Decrease)
Giving something up, cutting back a little, is worth it now.