豫 → 乾
Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 1: The Creative
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 鳴豫。凶。
Six at the beginning means: Enthusiasm that expresses itself Brings misfortune.
Line 2
六二 介于石。不終日。貞吉。
Six in the second place means: Firm as a rock. Not a whole day. Perseverance brings good fortune.
Line 3
六三 盱豫悔。遲有悔。
Six in the third place means: Enthusiasm that looks upward creates remorse. Hesitation brings remorse.
Line 5
六五 貞疾。恆不死。
Six in the fifth place means: Persistently ill, and still does not die.
Line 6
上六 冥豫。成有渝。无咎。
Six at the top means: Deluded enthusiasm. But if after completion one changes, There is no blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
龍馬上山，絕無水泉；喉燋唇乾，口不能言。
Dragon-horse ascends the mountain; utterly without water or spring. Throat scorched, lips parched; the mouth cannot speak.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder breaks from the earth in a burst of enthusiasm, yet the dragon-horse climbs a waterless mountain. This mythic creature — half dragon, half horse — once rose from the Yellow River bearing the Hetu on its back, an omen of sage rule. Here it ascends to barren heights where no spring flows, its throat scorched and lips cracked, unable even to speak. The image inverts the dragon-horse's cosmic promise: heaven's creative power (Qian) demands an inexhaustible wellspring, but the enthusiast who rushes upward without securing resources finds only parched silence. From Enthusiasm to the Creative, the transformation warns that self-generating initiative requires substance beneath its ambition; raw aspiration without nourishment chokes on its own ascent.
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