豫 → 大畜
Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 26: Great Taming
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 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 4
九四 由豫。大有得。勿疑。朋盍簪。
Nine in the fourth place means: The source of enthusiasm. He achieves great things. Doubt not. You gather friends around you As a hair clasp gathers the hair.
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
住車醊酒，疾風暴起；泛亂福器，飛揚位草。明神降祿，道無害寇。
Halting the cart to pour a libation, a violent wind suddenly rises; scattering the sacred vessels, blowing offerings into the grass. Yet the bright spirits bestow fortune -- the road holds no harm from brigands.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder breaks from the earth as a roadside libation is disrupted by sudden gale winds. The ritual vessels are scattered, offerings blown into the grass. Yet the verse pivots: a luminous spirit descends with blessings, and the road ahead is free of bandits. The scene captures a sacrificial ceremony interrupted by violent weather — wine poured, wind rising, sacred implements overturned. Despite the chaos, divine favor prevails. From Enthusiasm to Great Taming, the transformation holds: heaven stored within the mountain accumulates virtue through adversity. The storm tests the ritual but cannot nullify its sincerity, and the accumulated merit of proper observance ultimately secures safe passage and divine protection.
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