Yi, six in the second placeHexagram 42, line 2 · Yi (Increase) · changing to 61
The line
In plain wordsSomeone brings you a priceless tortoise, and you could not turn it down if you tried. Stay true for the long run: good fortune. For a king who draws this line when making offerings to Heaven: good fortune.
The Image commentary on this line
或益之，自外來也。
"Someone increases one": it comes from outside.
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
- The benefit comes from outside: someone values you and offers you a chance you could not turn down if you tried. You can take it, and take it with gratitude; then keep to your role steadily for the long run, and don't change because good things came your way.
- Love
- This affection was freely offered by the other person; you cannot turn it down, and there is no need to. Accept it, and answer it with sincerity that lasts; don't be warm only for a while, since what is rare is holding steady all the way.
- Money
- When help or income comes from outside and comes honestly, you can accept it, with respect and gratitude. After that, keep to the right path steadily, with no greed and no careless spending, and the benefit will stay with you.
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 Yi.
Line position
A yin line in a yin place: it is in its proper place; it holds the center of its trigram. Its partner is the fifth line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.
Second place: the center of the lower trigram, a place of praise. Stay centered and yielding.
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 Yi (Increase); when this line changes it becomes Zhongfu (Inner Truth): hexagram 42 changing to 61.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Zhongfu (Inner Truth)
Sincerity moves people. This matter rests on one word: trust.