乾 → 大有
Hexagram 1: The Creative → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 1 changing line (line 5).
Line 5
九五 飛龍在天。利見大人。
Nine in the fifth place means: Flying dragon in the heavens. It furthers one to see the great man.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
上帝之生，福祐日成。脩德行惠，樂安且寧。
Born of the Supreme Lord, blessings and protection ripen daily. Cultivating virtue, bestowing grace; peaceful, at ease, and tranquil.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven's supreme spirit gives birth to blessings that mature day by day. Cultivate virtue, extend kindness, and dwell in tranquil joy. From Creative to Great Possession, fire blazes above heaven — the most luminous of all hexagram images. The verse reads almost as a hymn: divine generosity begets cumulative fortune for those who practice moral cultivation. Da You's counsel is to suppress evil and promote good, following heaven's glorious mandate. Here the transformation is seamless: heaven's creative energy, expressed as celestial fire, illuminates and enriches. No conflict, no obstacle — simply the natural consequence of virtue aligned with cosmic favor.
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