Zhongfu, nine at the beginningHexagram 61, line 1 · Zhongfu (Inner Truth) · changing to 59
The line
In plain wordsFirst weigh carefully whether the other person can be trusted, then trust him: good fortune. If in your heart you have other designs as well, you will have no peace.
The Image commentary on this line
初九虞吉，志未變也。
Nine at the beginning, "weighing it first: good fortune": the purpose has not yet changed.
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
- Before deciding whom to work with or whom to follow, weigh carefully whether they can be relied on. Once you have decided, commit wholeheartedly. Keep eyeing the next hill over and you will have no peace yourself.
- Love
- First see clearly whether the other person deserves your trust, then give your heart. Once you have chosen, be faithful; if you still keep other thoughts in your heart, you will be the first to lose your peace.
- Money
- Before handing money to anyone or going into partnership, weigh their credibility. Trust only once you have thought it through, and once you trust, don't keep looking around and scheming about other avenues.
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 Zhongfu.
Line position
A yang line in a yang place: it is in its proper place. Its partner is the fourth line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.
First place: the beginning of the matter. Low position, little power. Begin carefully.
When you get this line
If this is the only changing line in your cast (three backs, old yang), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Zhongfu (Inner Truth); when this line changes it becomes Huan (Dispersion): hexagram 61 changing to 59.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Huan (Dispersion)
People's hearts, or the situation, have scattered and need to be drawn together again.