大有 → 旅
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 56: The Wanderer
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 2 changing lines (lines 1, 2).
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.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
麒麟鳳凰，善政得祥；陰陽和調，國無災殃。
Qilin and phoenix appear; good governance is rewarded with auspicious signs. Yin and yang in perfect balance; the state knows no calamity.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
The qilin and the phoenix appear — signs of virtuous governance rewarded with auspicious omens. Yin and yang are harmoniously balanced, and the kingdom suffers no calamity. In Chinese cosmology, the simultaneous appearance of the qilin and the phoenix represents the highest possible endorsement of a ruler's virtue. From Great Possession to The Wanderer, fire above heaven becomes fire above mountain — the traveler's distant flame on a peak. The connection is subtle: the auspicious creatures appear because governance has achieved such perfect balance that even transient, wandering phenomena reflect cosmic approval. The Wanderer's brief passage through a land can still glimpse perfection, if that land is rightly governed.
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