否 → 恆
Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 32: Duration
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 5, 6).
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.
Line 6
上九 傾否。先否後喜。
Nine at the top means: The standstill comes to an end. First standstill, then good fortune.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
溫山松柏，常茂不落；鸞鳳所止，得以歡樂。
On the warm mountain, pine and cypress, ever lush and never falling. Where phoenix and luan alight; there they find joy and delight.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Heaven and earth refuse to communicate, yet on a warm mountain pines and cypresses stand perpetually green, never shedding their needles. The luan bird and phoenix alight there, finding lasting joy. From Standstill to Duration, Pi's sealed world meets thunder above wind — the enduring rhythm that never deviates. Heng's image is perseverance in character, 'the gentleman stands firm and does not change direction.' The evergreen pines on the warm mountain embody this perfectly: unchanging through all seasons, they create a sanctuary worthy of the most auspicious birds. When the luan and phoenix choose to perch, they confirm the mountain's virtue. Stagnation is overcome not by dramatic reversal but by steady, verdant constancy that outlasts the ice.
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