| The present is embodied in Hexagram 40 - Hsieh (Deliverance): Advantage will be found in the southwest. If no further operations are called for, there will be good fortune in returning to the old conditions. If some operations are called for, there will be good fortune in the early conduct of them. |
| There are no changing lines, and hence the situation is expected to remain the same in the immediate future. |
 | The things most apparent, those above and in front, are embodied by the upper trigram Chen (Thunder), which represents movement, initiative, and action. |
 | The things least apparent, those below and behind, are embodied by the lower trigram K'an (Water), which represents danger and the unknown. |
