大有 → 噬嗑
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 21: Biting Through
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 2, 3).
Line 2
九二 大車以載。有攸往。无咎。
Nine in the second place means: A big wagon for loading. One may undertake something. No blame.
Line 3
九三 公用亨于天子。小人弗克 。
Nine in the third place means: A prince offers it to the Son of Heaven. A petty man cannot do this.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
年豐歲熟，政仁民樂；利以居止，旅人獲福。
A bountiful year, a rich harvest; governance is benevolent, the people content. Favorable for settling and staying; the traveler gains good fortune.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A year of plenty, the harvest ripe, governance benevolent and the people joyful. A good place to settle; even travelers receive blessings. The verse paints the simplest and most complete image of prosperity: good crops, good governance, contented residence, and hospitality to strangers. From Great Possession to Biting Through, fire over heaven becomes fire and thunder — the lightning that clears obstruction and enforces law. The connection may seem paradoxical, but Biting Through's purpose is precisely to create the conditions described here: by removing obstacles and enforcing just governance, the sage-king produces the harvest of peace. The verse is the result; the hexagram is the method.
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