大有 → 井
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 48: The Well
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 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 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
光祀春成，陳項雞鳴；陽明失道，不能自守。
The spring sacrifice completed at dawn; in Chen the rooster crows. The bright yang loses its way; it cannot hold its ground.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A bright spring sacrifice is completed, and the divine rooster of Chenbao crows at Chen. The Chenbao was Qin's most sacred deity, worshipped at Chencang. According to the Shiji, around 747 BC two spirit children appeared declaring 'He who obtains the female shall become hegemon.' They transformed into pheasants; the female settled as a stone idol that glowed at night like a meteor while wild roosters crowed in response. Yet the verse turns ominous: the solar bird loses its way and cannot maintain its course. From Great Possession to The Well, fire above heaven becomes water above wind — the well that nourishes but requires constant maintenance. The Chenbao's light falters like a well whose rope has broken: divine favor, without constant tending, fails to draw up its blessings.
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