☯️ 革 (Gé) - Revolution
Revolution. On your own day you are believed. Supreme success, furthering through perseverance. Remorse disappears. - Fire in the lake: the image of Revolution. Thus the superior man sets the calendar in order and makes the seasons clear.
Verses
Verse 1
革，已日乃孚，元亨利貞，悔亡
gé, yǐ rì nǎi fú, yuán hēng lì zhēn, huǐ wáng
Revolution. On your own day you are believed. Supreme success, furthering through perseverance. Remorse disappears.
Verse 2
初九：巩用黃牛之革
chū jiǔ: gǒng yòng huáng niú zhī gé
Nine at the beginning: Wrapped in the hide of a yellow cow.
Verse 3
六二：己日乃革之，征吉，無咎
liù èr: jǐ rì nǎi gé zhī, zhēng jí, wú jiù
Six in the second place: When one's own day comes, one may create revolution. Starting brings good fortune. No blame.
Verse 4
九三：征凶，貞厲
jiǔ sān: zhēng xiōng, zhēn lì
Nine in the third place: Starting brings misfortune. Perseverance brings danger. When talk of revolution has gone the round three times, one may commit himself, and men will believe him.
Verse 5
九四：悔亡，有孚改命，吉
jiǔ sì: huǐ wáng, yǒu fú gǎi mìng, jí
Nine in the fourth place: Remorse disappears. Men believe him. Changing the form of government brings good fortune.
Verse 6
九五：大人虎變，未占有孚
jiǔ wǔ: dà rén hǔ biàn, wèi zhàn yǒu fú
Nine in the fifth place: The great man changes like a tiger. Even before he questions the oracle he is believed.
Verse 7
上六：君子豹變，小人革面
shàng liù: jūn zǐ bào biàn, xiǎo rén gé miàn
Six at the top: The superior man changes like a panther. The inferior man molts in the face. Starting brings misfortune. To remain persevering brings good fortune.