大有 → 小過
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 62: Small Exceeding
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 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 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
視曰再光，與天相望；長牛懽悅，以福為多。
Gazing, the sun shines twice as bright; exchanging looks with heaven. The great ox is joyful and pleased; blessings are deemed plentiful.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
The gaze is doubly bright, surveying as far as heaven's expanse. The great ox lows in contentment, counting its blessings as many. The verse pairs cosmic vision with pastoral satisfaction, creating an image of abundance viewed and enjoyed from the widest possible perspective. From Great Possession to Small Exceeding, fire above heaven becomes thunder above mountain — the small bird that should not fly too high. Small Exceeding counsels restraint and downward attention, and the verse fits this subtly: the doubled brightness does not reach for more but simply surveys what is, and the contented ox does not strain upward but rests in its plenty. Abundance properly experienced through modesty and presence — this is Small Exceeding's gift to Great Possession.
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