泰 → 渙
Hexagram 11: Peace → Hexagram 59: Dispersion
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 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 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 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
褰衣涉行，水深漬多；賴幸舟子，濟脫無他。
Lifting robes to wade across; the water is deep and soaking. Fortunate to have the boatman; we cross safely without mishap.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth above heaven, Peace's crossing attempted on foot. Lifting one's robes to wade through a ford, the water proves too deep, soaking everything. Yet thanks to a fortunate boatman, one is ferried across safely without further incident. The verse narrates a narrow escape: what began as a manageable crossing nearly became a drowning, averted only by unexpected aid. The boatman appears at the critical moment — a figure of grace rather than planning. From Peace to Dispersion, wind moves across the water, and the ancient kings established temples to unite the people's spirit. The transformation shows how individual rescue scales into collective cohesion: the boatman who saves one traveler becomes the ritual that holds a scattered people together.
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