Revolution — radical change whose time has truly come.
Conditions demand transformation, but change must be well-timed and trusted. Reform only when the need is clear and people are ready. Renewal, like the seasons, sheds the old skin.
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Revolution places Lake (joyous, open) above Fire (clinging, light-giving). The interplay of these two trigrams gives the hexagram its character.
The Classical Textoriginal Chinese
The Judgment · 卦辞
巳日乃孚，元亨利贞，悔亡。
The Image · 大象
泽中有火，革；君子以治历明时。
The Six Lines · 爻辞
- 初九巩用黄牛之革。象曰：巩用黄牛，不可以有为也。
- 六二巳日乃革之，征吉，无咎。象曰：巳日革之，行有嘉也。
- 九三征凶，贞厉，革言三就，有孚。象曰：革言三就，又何之矣。
- 九四悔亡，有孚改命，吉。象曰：改命之吉，信志也。
- 九五大人虎变，未占有孚。象曰：大人虎变，其文炳也。
- 上六君子豹变，小人革面，征凶，居贞吉。象曰：君子豹变，其文蔚也。小人革面，顺以从君也。
The judgment, image and line texts above are quoted from the original Zhou Yi. A modern Chinese translation of the full classic is available on the original-text page.