革
Gé · Revolution
Change is believed only after it works; until then, keep it clear and on time.
The judgment
革：巳日乃孚，元亨利貞，悔亡。
Revolution. On the day it is complete, people believe it. Supreme success if you stay true; regret disappears.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex49.judgment.
The image
象曰：澤中有火，革。君子以治歷明時。
Fire inside the lake: revolution. A capable person fixes the calendar and makes the seasons clear.
Received text; plain English after the Chinese. Source: 周易經傳 (public-domain). Passage: hex49.image.
Change is believed only after it works; until then, keep it clear and on time.
The six lines
Each line is a stage, from the bottom of the hexagram to the top. Open any line to read it in plain English.
初九 鞏用黃牛之革。 Bind it with yellow oxhide. Not yet: the change needs to be held back until the time is right.
Bind it with yellow oxhide. Not yet: the change needs to be held back until the time is right.
六二 巳日乃革之，征吉，無咎。 On the day it is complete, change it. Going forward is lucky, no blame.
On the day it is complete, change it. Going forward is lucky, no blame.
九三 征凶，貞厲，革言三就，有孚。 Marching is bad; holding on is dangerous. Let the word of change be confirmed three times, and then there is trust.
Marching is bad; holding on is dangerous. Let the word of change be confirmed three times, and then there is trust.
九四 悔亡，有孚改命，吉。 Regret disappears. With trust, change the mandate: good fortune.
Regret disappears. With trust, change the mandate: good fortune.
九五 大人虎變，未占有孚。 The great person changes like a tiger. Before any divination, there is trust: the change is visible in the bearing.
The great person changes like a tiger. Before any divination, there is trust: the change is visible in the bearing.
上六 君子豹變，小人革面，征凶，居貞吉。 The great person changes like a leopard; the small person changes only the face. Marching is bad; staying true is lucky.
The great person changes like a leopard; the small person changes only the face. Marching is bad; staying true is lucky.