泰 → 恆
Hexagram 11: Peace → Hexagram 32: Duration
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 4).
Line 1
初九 拔茅茹。以其彙。征吉。
Nine at the beginning means: When ribbon grass is pulled up, the sod comes with it. Each according to his kind. Undertakings bring good fortune.
Line 4
六四 翩翩。不富以其鄰。不戒以孚。
Six in the fourth place means: He flutters down, not boasting of his wealth, Together with his neighbor, Guileless and sincere.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
蔡侯適楚，留連江濱；踰時歷月，思其君后。
The Marquis of Cai journeys to Chu, lingering by the river's edge. Months pass beyond the appointed time; he longs for his lord and consort.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth above heaven, Peace disrupted by enforced sojourn. The Marquis of Cai visits Chu but is detained along the riverbank, month after month passing without release. He longs for his lord and consort back home. According to the Zuo Zhuan, around 509 BC the Marquis of Cai presented a fine fur coat to the King of Chu, but the powerful minister Zichang coveted his spare coat. When the Marquis refused, Zichang slandered him, and the Chu court detained him for three years. From Peace to Duration, thunder and wind persist without change. The transformation mirrors captivity's essence: an endurance without resolution, where time stretches but circumstances refuse to shift.
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