履 → 否
Hexagram 10: Treading → Hexagram 12: Standstill
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 2).
Line 1
初九 素履往。无咎。
Nine at the beginning means: Simple conduct. Progress without blame.
Line 2
九二 履道坦坦。幽人貞吉。
Nine in the second place means: Treading a smooth, level course. The perseverance of a dark man Brings good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
怒非其怨，因拘有遷；貪妬腐鼠，而呼鴞鳶，失反被困。
Anger misplaced against the wrong grievance; seized and sent into exile. Coveting a rotting rat; he summons the owl and the kite -- and loses all, trapped in return.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven above the lake, conduct gone astray. Anger misdirected at those who bear no grudge, detention followed by displacement. One who covets a rotten rat summons owls and kites — the very scavengers drawn to carrion — and in the end is caught in one's own trap. The 'rotten rat' image likely draws on Zhuangzi's parable: Huizi feared that Zhuangzi coveted his ministry, but Zhuangzi compared the office to a dead rat that no phoenix would touch. From Treading to Standstill, heaven and earth cease communication. Misplaced aggression and petty greed sever the connection between high and low, freezing the world into mutual isolation.
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