Hexagram 61: Inner Truth

Hexagram 61, Inner Truth (Zhōng Fú, 中孚), is formed of the upper trigram Wind (巽) over the lower trigram Lake (兑). Below is the classical judgment, the six line texts, and how to read this hexagram in a reading.

The Judgment

Trigrams

The outer (upper) trigram Wind describes the situation as it meets the world; the inner (lower) trigram Lake describes its inner disposition. Together they set the theme of Inner Truth.

The Six Lines

• 初九 · Line 1 Being prepared brings good fortune; hidden agendas destroy the peace.虞吉，有他不燕。
• 九二 · Line 2 A crane calls in the shade; its young answer. I have a fine goblet — I will share it with you.鸣鹤在阴，其子和之；我有好爵，吾与尔靡之。
• 六三 · Line 3 Facing one's counterpart: now drumming, now halting, now weeping, now singing.得敌，或鼓或罢，或泣或歌。
• 六四 · Line 4 The moon nearly full; the horse strays from its team — no blame.月几望，马匹亡，无咎。
• 九五 · Line 5 Sincerity that binds all together. No blame.有孚挛如，无咎。
• 上九 · Line 6 The rooster's cry mounting to heaven — empty sound aloft: persistence bodes ill.翰音登于天，贞凶。

Reading Hexagram 61 for Your Question

When Inner Truth appears without changing lines, the judgment above stands as the whole answer. When you cast changing lines (a 6 or a 9), read those line texts first — they are the most specific guidance — then look to the relating hexagram they form for where the situation is heading. For love, career, or a decision, apply the theme of Inner Truth to your own circumstances rather than reading it as a fixed prediction.