大有 → 解
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 40: Deliverance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 3, 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 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 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
賀喜從福，曰利蕃息，歡樂有得。
Congratulations follow blessings; it is said to be profitable and multiplying. Joy and delight bring gain.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Congratulations and blessings arrive together. Prosperity is declared, with growth and increase on every side, joy and gain in abundance. The verse is brief and entirely auspicious — a burst of good fortune without complication. From Great Possession to Deliverance, fire above heaven transforms into thunder and rain — the sudden release of built-up tension. Deliverance's image is the thunderstorm that breaks the oppressive heat, and the superior man pardons errors and forgives transgressions. The joy described here is specifically the joy of release — knots untied, burdens lifted, the relief that comes after crisis has passed. Great Possession's accumulated wealth finds its outlet in Deliverance's liberating storm, and what follows is pure, uncomplicated happiness.
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