Judgment
— I Ching · classical
亨。小利有攸往。
Grace has success. In small matters it is favorable to undertake something.
Image
— Great Image
山下有火，贲，君子以明庶政，无敢折狱。
Fire at the foot of the mountain: the image of grace. Thus the superior person illuminates daily affairs but does not dare to decide controversial issues by ornament alone.
Six Lines
— Bottom to top
Initial Nine · 初九
⚊ yang
贲其趾，舍车而徒。
He lends grace to his toes, leaves the carriage, and walks.
Adorns his own conduct simply — prefers walking to ostentation. Substance over showmanship.
Six in the second · 六二
⚋ yin
贲其须。
Lends grace to the beard on his chin.
Ornament that adorns the surface, true only when grafted onto the substance below.
Nine in the third · 九三
⚊ yang
贲如濡如，永贞吉。
Graceful and moist. Constant perseverance brings good fortune.
Beautifully appointed and well-tended; sustainable only through steady integrity, not surface gloss.
Six in the fourth · 六四
⚋ yin
贲如皤如，白马翰如。匪寇婚媾。
Grace or simplicity? A white horse comes as if on wings. He is not a robber; he will woo at the right time.
Tension between ornament and plainness; the unadorned white truth wins the day.
Six in the fifth · 六五
⚋ yin
贲于丘园，束帛戋戋，吝，终吉。
Grace in hills and gardens. The roll of silk is meager and small. Humiliation, but in the end good fortune.
Lord retreats to a modest country estate, simple offerings — though it looks humble, the integrity wins through.
Nine at the top · 上九
⚊ yang
白贲，无咎。
Simple grace. No blame.
The highest ornament is none at all: the pure white finish. No blame in returning to substance.
Modern Readings
— Interdisciplinary
Career & Management
Product packaging, visual identity, PR. Outward polish adds value; over-decoration kills trust. The mature aesthetic is restraint.
Psychology & Cognition
Value presentation and expression — and see through both your own and others' surface ornament to the substance.
Decision Guidance
Adorn moderately, finish in white (bai bi). The highest beauty is austere truth.
Western Parallels
— Cross-cultural
Adolf Loos' 'ornament is crime'; Steve Jobs and the Bauhaus / Dieter Rams design ethic ('less, but better'); the Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetic of restrained refinement; Coco Chanel's 'before you leave the house, take one thing off'.
· All texts here come from public-domain editions of the I Ching and supporting commentary.
· Anygua does not predict, score, schedule, ward, or recommend rituals.
· The same input via the same method will always reproduce the same hexagram — verifiable below.