大有 → 復
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 24: Return
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 6).
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.
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.
Line 6
上九 自天祐之。吉无不利。
Nine at the top means: He is blessed by heaven. Good fortune. Nothing that does not further.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
火至井谷，陽芒生角；登上玉床，家易六公。
Fire reaches the well's valley; the sun's brilliance sprouts horns. Ascending the jade bed; the household changes its six lords.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Fire reaches the well-valley and a horn of yang-brilliance sprouts. One ascends the jade bed as the household undergoes a change of six lords. The imagery is alchemical and dynastic: fire penetrating into the earth's depths ignites a new shoot of vital energy, and this rebirth elevates someone to the seat of power. The jade bed suggests enthronement, and the change of 'six lords' may refer to a succession or rotation of authority within the household. From Great Possession to Return, fire over heaven becomes thunder stirring within the earth — the first yang returning after a period of complete yin. The verse captures this precisely: light plunges into the abyss and from that nadir, new life sprouts.
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