豫 → 訟
Hexagram 16: Enthusiasm → Hexagram 6: Conflict
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 2, 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 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
星隕如雨，弓弱無輔，強陽制陰，不得安土。
Stars fall like rain; the bow is weak, without support. The strong yang oppresses the yin -- one cannot find safe ground.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder breaks from the earth, but the sky rains falling stars. The verse evokes a meteor shower — 'stars fall like rain' — while the bow lacks its reinforcing horn, too weak to shoot. Strong yang suppresses yin, and no one can settle peacefully on the land. The celestial portent of falling stars was traditionally read as heaven withdrawing its mandate, a sign of cosmic disorder. The weaponless bow compounds the helplessness: even self-defense is impossible. From Enthusiasm to Conflict, the pattern resonates — heaven and water move in opposite directions, a fundamental mismatch. Joyful momentum collides with structural opposition, and without the means to assert oneself, one is displaced by forces beyond negotiation.
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