泰 → 解
Hexagram 11: Peace → Hexagram 40: Deliverance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 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 3
九三 无平不陂。无往不復。艱貞无咎。勿恤其孚。于食有福。
Nine in the third place means: No plain not followed by a slope. No going not followed by a return. He who remains persevering in danger Is without blame. Do not complain about this truth; Enjoy the good fortune you still possess.
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
坤厚地德，庶物蕃息；平康正直，以綏大福。
Kun's thick earth virtue; all creatures multiply and thrive. Level, peaceful, upright, and straight; it brings great blessings to completion.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth above heaven, Peace fulfills its deepest promise. The thick virtue of Kun — the earth — causes all living things to multiply and flourish. Straightforward, peaceful, and upright: through these qualities, great blessing is secured. The verse directly invokes the Kun trigram's character from the Wenyan commentary: 'direct, square, and great.' This is Peace operating at full capacity — earth's generosity meeting heaven's vitality to produce universal abundance. From Peace to Deliverance, thunder and rain break forth, releasing what was bound. The transformation shows Peace's accumulated virtue naturally dissolving obstacles: when the foundation is genuinely nourishing, liberation follows without force.
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