泰 → 姤
Hexagram 11: Peace → Hexagram 44: Coming to Meet
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5, 6).
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.
Line 5
六五 帝乙歸妹。以祉元吉。
Six in the fifth place means: The sovereign I Gives his daughter in marriage. This brings blessing And supreme good fortune.
Line 6
上六 城復于隍。勿用師。自邑告命。貞吝。
Six at the top means: The wall falls back into the moat. Use no army now. Make your commands known within your own town. Perseverance brings humiliation.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
悲鳴北行，失其長兄；伯仲不幸，骸骨散亡。
Wailing and flying northward, having lost an elder brother. The eldest and the second meet misfortune; their bones are scattered and gone.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth above heaven, Peace shattered by fraternal loss. A mournful cry sounds as one travels north, having lost an elder brother. Both eldest and second-born meet misfortune — their very bones are scattered and lost. The northward journey toward grief inverts the auspicious southern circuit; north in traditional cosmology is the direction of yin, darkness, and death. The scattering of bones means not just death but denial of proper burial, the ultimate desecration. From Peace to Coming to Meet, heaven above wind — the ruler issues commands to the four quarters. The transformation reveals an encounter with unwelcome fate: what comes to meet one is not blessing but bereavement.
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