豫 → 井
Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 48: The Well
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5).
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 5
六五 貞疾。恆不死。
Six in the fifth place means: Persistently ill, and still does not die.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
履株覆輿，馬驚傷車，步為我憂。
Stepping on a stump, overturning the cart; the horse startles and damages the carriage -- walking brings me worry.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder erupts from the earth, but the wheel strikes a stump and the carriage overturns. The horse startles and wrecks the vehicle, and now one must proceed on foot, a cause for worry. The image is a sudden accident on the road: a hidden obstacle that upends the traveler's momentum in an instant. From Enthusiasm to The Well, the transformation reframes the disaster. The Well's image is water drawn up through wood — the inexhaustible resource that never moves from its place. The overturned carriage forces the traveler to abandon speed and approach the well on foot, slowly and humbly. What enthusiastic velocity destroyed, the well's patient depth can restore — but only if one accepts the slower pace that walking demands.
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