大有 → 蹇
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 39: Obstruction
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6).
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 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 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 5
六五 厥孚交如。威如。吉。
Six in the fifth place means: He whose truth is accessible, yet dignified, Has good fortune.
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
金牙鐵齒，西王母子；無有患殆，減害道利。
Teeth of gold, fangs of iron; children of the Queen Mother of the West. Without peril or harm; diminishing hurt, profiting the way.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Iron teeth and golden fangs — these belong to the children of the Queen Mother of the West. No peril or danger can touch them; harm is diminished and the way is cleared. The Queen Mother of the West dwells on Mount Kunlun above the Weak Water, guardian of the peaches of immortality, knowing neither aging nor death. Her 'children' with metallic fangs suggest divine protectors armed with supernatural power. From Great Possession to Obstruction, fire above heaven becomes water upon the mountain — the classic image of an impassable path. Yet the verse promises safety precisely within obstruction: the divine protection of Xiwangmu's lineage neutralizes the danger that defines the hexagram. Even the mountain's treacherous water cannot threaten those shielded by immortal heritage.
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