Revolution
Judgment
— I Ching · classical
巳日乃孚。元亨，利贞，悔亡。
Trust builds only once the moment has fully arrived. Great success follows, and staying true to the course dissolves whatever regret remains.
Image
— Great Image
泽中有火，革，君子以治历明时。
Fire burns within the lake's depths: this is the image of Revolution. Watching this, a person of real judgment reworks the calendar and brings the seasons into clear alignment.
Six Lines
— Bottom to top
Modern Readings
— Interdisciplinary
Career & Management
Strategic pivot, technology re-platforming, executive turnover. Never act on impulse (ge yan san jiu — deliberate three rounds); prepare the public narrative; when the day comes, execute with thunder.
Psychology & Cognition
Break the comfort zone proactively. Self-iteration is the only response to a changing environment; reshape behavior at the level of identity.
Decision Guidance
Wait for the day (si ri nai fu); deliberate thrice; then execute the tiger-change. After completion, consolidate — do not launch further.
Integrated Reading
— Structure · timing · relations
Revolution places The Joyous / Lake above The Clinging / Fire. Read the lower trigram as the emerging ground and the upper trigram as the field, pressure, or constraint it must answer. The core theme is Revolution · Molting · Tiger and panther change. Relations: the opposite hexagram shows the shadow/complement (Youthful Folly); the inverse shows the other-side view (The Cauldron); the nuclear hexagram shows the hidden internal mechanism (Coming to Meet).
Line Path
Line path: Initial Nine → Six in the second → Nine in the third → Nine in the fourth → Nine in the fifth → Six at the top. Read from bottom to top to see how the situation emerges, develops, crosses thresholds, and resolves.
Reflection Prompt
Am I acting from the proper position of Revolution, or am I being pulled by reforming without timing or trust? What is the smallest reversible next move that respects the timing?
Western Parallels
— Cross-cultural
Schumpeter's 'creative destruction' at the firm level; Clay Christensen on disruptive self-disruption; Bridges' three-stage transition framework (ending, neutral zone, new beginning); Kurt Lewin's unfreeze-change-refreeze; the Protestant Reformation as a precedent for revolution achieved through legitimizing ideas rather than force alone.
· English renderings and modern readings are original editorial writing, cross-checked against public-domain and classical commentary lineages.
· Hexagram Cast does not predict, score, schedule, ward, or recommend rituals.
· Modern inputs are reproducible; traditional casts can be audited line by line from the stored coin/yarrow trace.