泰 → 比
Hexagram 11: Peace → Hexagram 8: Holding Together
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5).
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 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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
望驥不來，駒蹇為憂；雨驚我心，風撼我肌。
Hoping for the steed, it does not come; the colt is lame, cause for worry. Rain startles my heart; wind shakes my flesh.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth above heaven, Peace's expectation dissolves into anxiety. One watches for a fine steed on the horizon, but it never arrives; instead a lame colt stumbles forward, compounding worry. Rain startles the heart and wind shakes the body — nature itself turns hostile to the waiting figure. The hoped-for thoroughbred represents an ally, a promotion, or the return of someone important; receiving a limping foal instead is a cruel substitution. From Peace to Holding Together, water rests upon the earth, seeking unity — but unity requires a center worth gathering around. The transformation warns that when the awaited leader disappoints, those who gather may find only shared vulnerability.
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