豫 → 无妄
Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 25: Innocence
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 5, 6).
Line 1
初六 鳴豫。凶。
Six at the beginning means: Enthusiasm that expresses itself Brings misfortune.
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
黃帝神明，八子聖聰；俱受大福，天下康平。
The Yellow Emperor, divinely wise; eight sons of sagely brilliance. All received great blessings; the realm was at peace.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder erupts from the earth in sovereign splendor. The Yellow Emperor, luminous and divine, has eight sons of sagely brilliance. Together they receive heaven's greatest blessings, and the realm rests in universal peace. The Yellow Emperor — primordial ancestor of Chinese civilization, victor over Chi You at Zhuolu — here presides over a golden age where his many heirs each embody sagely virtue. The verse is purely auspicious, a vision of cosmic governance fulfilled. From Enthusiasm to Innocence, the transformation resonates: heaven's thunder moves through all things without false intent. Innocence is action aligned with cosmic principle, free of ulterior motive — precisely the state the Yellow Emperor's divine administration represents.
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