豫 → 巽
Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 57: The Gentle Wind
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
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.
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
登階上堂，見吾父兄；左酒右漿，與福相迎。
Ascending the stairs, entering the hall, I see my father and brothers; wine on the left, broth on the right -- we welcome blessings together.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder erupts from the earth as one climbs the steps and enters the ancestral hall. There stand father and elder brothers — wine at the left hand, broth at the right — welcoming the returned family member into blessing. The verse radiates homecoming: the ritualized ascent of steps, the formal greeting of elders, the symmetrical placement of offerings signaling proper ceremony and familial warmth. From Enthusiasm to The Gentle, the transformation softens the thunder into wind. Doubled wind penetrates gently and thoroughly, as the ruler repeats and refines his commands. The enthusiast's return to family does not crash through the door but enters through measured steps, ascending gradually into the presence of ancestors — the gentle permeation of blessing received through proper form.
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