22 · Grace (BÌ)
Grace is the ability to give things fitting form and beauty, but it may only support substance, never replace it.
The judgment
Grace: success. Small advantage in having somewhere to go.
Adornment can help small matters proceed, but the larger direction depends on real substance and right action.
Original Chinese text
賁，亨。小利有攸往。
The six lines
- 初九 · Line 1 — Grace the toes; leave the carriage and walk.
Original Chinese
賁其趾，舍車而徒。
- 六二 · Line 2 — Grace the beard.
Original Chinese
賁其須。
- 九三 · Line 3 — Graceful, soaked. Lasting steadfastness brings good fortune.
Original Chinese
賁如濡如，永貞吉。
- 六四 · Line 4 — Graceful, white. A white horse flies along: not a bandit, but a marriage union.
Original Chinese
賁如皤如，白馬翰如，匪寇婚媾。
- 六五 · Line 5 — Grace in hill gardens; a small bundle of silk. Regret, yet in the end good fortune.
Original Chinese
賁于丘園，束帛戔戔，吝，終吉。
- 上九 · Line 6 — White grace. No blame.
Original Chinese
白賁，無咎。