大有 → 萃
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 45: Gathering Together
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 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 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 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
雀行求食，出門見鷂；顛蹶上下，幾無所處。
A sparrow ventures out seeking food and meets a sparrowhawk at the gate. Tumbling up and down; it almost has nowhere to go.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A sparrow ventures out to find food but meets a sparrowhawk at the door. It tumbles up and down in panic, barely finding a place to rest. The scene captures the terror of the small creature confronting its natural predator in the most exposed moment — the instant of stepping outside for sustenance. From Great Possession to Gathering, fire above heaven becomes lake above earth — the image of people congregating, but also of preparing weapons against the unexpected. The sparrow's plight embodies exactly what Gathering warns against: the vulnerability of those who gather without adequate defense. Abundance means nothing if the gatherer is hunted the moment it steps out to claim its share.
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