否 → 賁
Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 22: Grace
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 4, 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 3
六三 包羞。
Six in the third place means: They bear shame.
Line 4
九四 有命无咎。疇離祉。
Nine in the fourth place means: He who acts at the command of the highest Remains without blame. Those of like mind partake of the blessing.
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
日月相望，光明盛昌；三聖茂功，仁德大隆。
Morning light fills the golden palace hall; auspicious qi swirls around dragon pillars on jade steps. Three ministers stand tall as pines and cypresses — virtuous governance flows and nourishes a thousand households.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and earth stand apart, yet the original verse sings of splendor: sun and moon gaze upon each other in brilliant radiance, and three sages bring forth flourishing achievements with great benevolent virtue. The 'three sages' likely refers to the founding luminaries of Zhou — the Duke of Zhou, the Duke of Shao, and Taigong — whose combined brilliance established the dynasty's moral foundation. From Standstill to Grace, Pi's sealed world transforms into fire glowing beneath the mountain — beauty illuminating the substance of things. Bi adorns without obscuring, adding form to content. The three sages' light is Bi's ideal: genuine virtue made radiant through cultural expression, where sun and moon in mutual gaze create the pattern of heaven itself.
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