大有 → 比
Hexagram 14: Great Possession → Hexagram 8: Holding Together
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 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 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 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
匹君楚馬，遇讒無辜，久旅離憂。
Matching the lord with a horse of Chu; falsely accused, innocent. Long exile brings separation and sorrow.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
A bird of Chu — the ya or jackdaw — roosts far from home, slandered without cause, wandering in sorrow through a long exile. The original text reads 疋居楚烏 (a ya-bird dwelling in Chu), evoking the Shijing's imagery of birds displaced to hostile territory. Commentators note the Kan trigram's association with slander through opposing mouths, and Gen's association with the bird. From Great Possession to Holding Together, fire over heaven transforms into water over earth — the bonds of alliance. Yet the verse shows the dark side of seeking belonging: the exile desires fellowship but finds only calumny. The transformation suggests that even amid unjust accusation, the imperative remains to seek genuine alliance, though the road there passes through long grief.
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