否 → 大有
Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5).
Line 1
初六 拔茅茹。以其彙。貞吉。亨。
Six at the beginning means: When ribbon grass is pulled up, the sod comes with it. Each according to his kind. Perseverance brings good fortune and success.
Line 2
六二 包承。小人吉。大人否。亨。
Six in the second place means: They bear and endure; This means good fortune for inferior people. The standstill serves to help the great man to attain success.
Line 3
六三 包羞。
Six in the third place means: They bear shame.
Line 5
九五 休否。大人吉。其亡其亡。繫于苞桑。
Nine in the fifth place means: Standstill is giving way. Good fortune for the great man. "What if it should fail, what if it should fail?" In this way he ties it to a cluster of mulberry shoots.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
家給人足，頌聲並作；四夷賓服，干戈囊閣。
Every household provided, every person content; songs of praise rise together. The four barbarian lands submit; spears and halberds are sheathed and stored.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and earth refuse to communicate, yet the verse unfolds a vision of perfect prosperity: every household has enough, every person is supplied, and songs of praise rise together. The four barbarian peoples submit, and weapons are sheathed and shelved. From Standstill to Great Possession, the sealed world of Pi transforms into fire blazing high in heaven — brilliance visible to all. Da You is abundance openly displayed, governance so luminous that even distant peoples yield willingly. The verse's portrait — sufficiency without aggression, submission without conquest — captures Great Possession's specific dynamic: not power seized but merit recognized. The weapons put away signal that true wealth needs no force to sustain it.
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