泰 → 小過
Hexagram 11: Peace → Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 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 2
九二 包荒。用馮河。不遐遺。朋亡。得尚于中行。
Nine in the second place means: Bearing with the uncultured in gentleness, Fording the river with resolution, Not neglecting what is distant, Not regarding one's companions: Thus one may manage to walk in the middle.
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
桃李花實，累累日息；長大成熟，甘美可食，為我利福。
Peach and plum bear flower and fruit, swelling day by day. Growing large and ripening; sweet and delicious, fit to eat. They become our blessing and gain.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth above heaven, Peace brings the orchard to fruition. Peach and plum trees produce their fruit in abundant clusters, growing larger and ripening day by day until they are sweet and ready to eat, becoming one's blessing and benefit. The verse is purely auspicious — no shadow, no complication, just the natural fulfillment of the growth cycle. Trees planted in fertile soil under favorable conditions produce exactly what they should. From Peace to Small Exceeding, thunder rumbles above the mountain, and the gentleman exceeds in reverence, grief, and frugality. The transformation adds a gentle caution to the abundance: even amid plenty, the small excess of care — a little more humility, a little more restraint — protects the harvest.
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