Hexagram 22 · ䷕
Grace has success. In small matters it is favorable to undertake something.
Grace brings success. In small matters it is favorable to undertake something, but in great matters, simplicity is best.
Grace has success. The yielding comes and gives form to the firm. Therefore, 'in small matters it is favorable to undertake something.' The firm ascends and gives form to the yielding. Thus 'the great practice of the ceremonial.' Such is the Tao of heaven. Contemplating the forms of heaven, one attains to the changes of the times. Such is the Tao of man.
Grace brings success because the yielding comes to give form to the firm. In small matters, taking action is favorable. The firm ascends to give form to the yielding, manifesting the great practice of ceremony. This is the Tao of heaven. By contemplating heaven's forms, one understands the changes of the times. This is the Tao of man.
Fire at the foot of the mountain: the image of Grace. The noble person brings order out of confusion.
Fire at the foot of the mountain represents the image of Grace. The noble person observes this and brings order out of confusion without relying on ornamentation.
He lends grace to his toes, leaves the carriage, and walks.
Lending grace to one's toes, leaving the carriage to walk shows humility and self-restraint.
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He lends grace to his toes; he leaves the carriage and walks. He does not ride because the yielding is in the lowest place.
Lending grace to the toes and walking rather than riding shows the yielding in the lowest place.
Lends grace to the beard on his chin.
Lending grace to the beard on the chin symbolizes outward adornment that follows inner firmness.
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He lends grace to the beard on his chin. Thus he ascends with the firm above.
Lending grace to the chin follows and ascends with the firm above.
Graceful and moist. Constant perseverance brings good fortune.
Graceful and moistened by culture, constant perseverance brings good fortune.
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Graceful and moist. Constant perseverance brings good fortune, because he does not change his aim.
Graceful and moist, perseverance brings good fortune through unchanging purpose.
Grace or simplicity? A white horse comes as if on wings. He is not a robber, he will woo at the right time.
Choosing between grace or simplicity, a white horse arrives swiftly. This is not robbery but proper courtship at the right time.
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He is not a robber, he will woo at the right time. He doubts and does not act rashly.
Not being a robber but courting properly shows one who doubts and does not act rashly.
Grace in hills and gardens. The roll of silk is meager and small. Humiliation, but in the end good fortune.
Grace in hills and gardens, with meager offerings, may bring humiliation but ends in good fortune.
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Grace in hills and gardens. The roll of silk is meager and small. One may be humiliated, but in the end it furthers one to proceed.
Grace in gardens with meager offerings brings initial humiliation but ultimate progress.
Simple grace. No blame.
Simple grace without ornamentation brings no blame and represents the highest attainment.
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Simple grace brings no blame. He attains the summit.
Simple grace brings no blame because one attains the highest summit of true beauty.