豫 → 大有
Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 14: Great Possession
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 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 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
子鉏執麟，《春秋》作元；陰聖將終，尼父悲心。
The ancient qin's string snaps — the one who understood has departed. Wind through pines on an empty mountain — who now comprehends this sound?
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder stirs the earth, but the original verse speaks of the capture of the qilin. Zichushang, a charioteer of the Shusun clan, caught the mythical beast during the Western Hunt of 481 BC. Confucius — here called 'Father Ni' — recognized it and wept, for the qilin appears only under sage kings, and its capture in a lawless age meant the Way had reached its end. He ceased writing the Spring and Autumn Annals at this event. From Enthusiasm to Great Possession, the transformation illuminates the paradox: fire blazing above heaven suggests maximum illumination and abundance, yet what has been 'possessed' is a sign of cosmic mourning. The greatest treasure sometimes arrives as the final omen of decline.
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