大有 → 蠱
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 18: Work on the Decayed
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 4).
Line 1
初九 无交害。匪咎。艱則无咎。
Nine at the beginning means: No relationship with what is harmful; There is no blame in this. If one remains conscious of difficulty, One remains without blame.
Line 4
九四 匪其彭。无咎。
Nine in the fourth place means: He makes a difference Between himself and his neighbor. No blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
大口宣唇，神使伸言；黃龍景星，出應侯門，與福上天，天下安昌。
A great mouth with broad lips; a spirit commands him to speak forth. Golden dragon, auspicious star, appearing at the lord's gate. Rising with blessings toward heaven; all under heaven is peaceful and thriving.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A great mouth with broad lips — a divine emissary delivers an oracle. The Yellow Dragon and the Auspicious Star appear at the lord's gate, blessing ascends to heaven, and the realm enjoys peace and prosperity. The Yellow Dragon and Auspicious Star are among the most potent portents of sagely governance in Han cosmology: their simultaneous appearance signals that heaven endorses the ruler's virtue. From Great Possession to Work on the Decayed, fire over heaven transforms into wind beneath the mountain — the image of corruption stirred and renewed. The verse suggests that even when decay threatens, a genuine divine mandate expressed through unmistakable omens can galvanize renewal. The oracle-giver's broad lips represent the amplification of heaven's message through human channels.
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